Hello, i hope this is the right place to ask for help/advice.
I’m basically researching the history of war photography specifically photographs which were taken by service men and woman on the front line. Ultimately I'm going to write an essay on the subject and hope that i can find lots of interesting examples with stories attached to the images. So far i have found examples as early as images taken by Australian’s in the Boer war and also a book on Nazi troops who photographed there experiences. I really want my essay to explore all the major wars up until the current iraq war (which is extensively documented by American and British troops) but I'm worried i wont have enough material to make an interesting piece of work. I haven't yet come across any famous examples and I'm sure there must be some - i just haven’t found them!
It seems like a bit of a tough one as most of the photographs from war’s which are available were obviously taken by professional photographers so I'm hoping someone knows something about the subject and can help me out!
Also if you know of anywhere else where i might be likely to find people who are knowledgeable about this type of thing, it would be a great help to me.
Thanks for your time, Shaun.
I’m basically researching the history of war photography specifically photographs which were taken by service men and woman on the front line. Ultimately I'm going to write an essay on the subject and hope that i can find lots of interesting examples with stories attached to the images. So far i have found examples as early as images taken by Australian’s in the Boer war and also a book on Nazi troops who photographed there experiences. I really want my essay to explore all the major wars up until the current iraq war (which is extensively documented by American and British troops) but I'm worried i wont have enough material to make an interesting piece of work. I haven't yet come across any famous examples and I'm sure there must be some - i just haven’t found them!
It seems like a bit of a tough one as most of the photographs from war’s which are available were obviously taken by professional photographers so I'm hoping someone knows something about the subject and can help me out!
Also if you know of anywhere else where i might be likely to find people who are knowledgeable about this type of thing, it would be a great help to me.
Thanks for your time, Shaun.