The movie War Photographer starts with a Robert Capa saying "If your pictures are not good enough, you are not close enough." In the movie The War Photographer we follow the life of James Nachtwey James along with his camera are always in the middle of a dangerous scenario with very little regard to his own life. I have very strong admiration for his obvious passion he feels for what he is doing. I was glad that I had watch the film though I might not agree with everything that was conveyed it seem that he really cared about the people and situations he was shooting. What I do agree with is using the camera as another of my many tools for doing good. Helping people, telling there stories and finding the beauty in all things.
Born into Brothels, a look into the lives of children in Sonagachi, North Calcutta's red light district. London born, New York-based photojournalist Zana Briski was moved by the children's plight. She describes this area as a world within a world, where rules are intricate and compulsory, where violence and abuse are commonplace. Frustrated by what looked to be the children's future she gives eight of the children cameras so that they might document there lives in the district. I felt helpless watching this movie I wanted to be able to do something that would have impact at that moment. The more i thought about it the more I realized that i need to look around my own surroundings and to reach out. There are people in need right here at home. I know we can all say that we are going to run out and save the world tomorrow with our camera and our hearts but most likely we do not have the money or the no-how to accomplish that huge task. what I can do is cherish each moment I have and express it to my family and friends how grateful I am to have them in my life. I can be more receptive to people who are in need and offer what I can. I can also look more closely around my neighborhood and see what is needed. I can look people in the eye when I pass them on the street and they ask for spare change, understanding that they are human beings with a story of there own. Small steps but each could have a huge impact that I might not ever know. I need to put my ego aside and open my heart to all the possibilities life had to share with me and when I loose my glasses for the second time in a school year understand that life is not over and count my blessings and get over myself.
Ok so I'm going to be short and sweet with this movie. It was not my favorite of the three but it did have impact on me. We as in you and me use to much shit. We then throw it out for more new shit and then complain we don't have enough shit. This is something I struggle with every day. I am a girl who loves to buy new shiny things and want more and more just like most everyone else. I have come to realize that stuff is not making me any more happy or having a greater sense of fulfillment. This movie sort of makes it seem like the problem is far away but it is anything but.... In manitoba most of the stuff we think is recycled is actually thrown away. Almost every single person I know has a computer and we have to replace them every few years because of the purposeful plan of planed obsolete is in full force. Meaning that people who design things don't make things so that they will last for the next 50 years or longer they make it so they last 2, 5 or 10 years if we are lucky. This makes me fill sick and I do not have all the answers but i do know that each dollar that you spend is like a vote and that makes me spend my money a lot more wisely then i ever have. I found the images in this movie interesting but over all the movie a bit boring... funny how we as a society are so easily board with killing of our planet it's so 1990's right?
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