The Bang-Bang Club...

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The Sunday Times magazine had a great piece on these extraordinary photographers Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Ken Oosterbroek and Kevin Carter.
The book is called The Bang-Bang Club

This is war photography in its most raw form. I'm going to order this book after reading the article. It really makes you realise the passion some photographers have bordering on insanity!

I believer their is a movie on the way but apparently Hollywood has managed to distort the ending of it in terms of reality!

DaireQuinlan

On my phone at the mo so I can't easily check, but Joao Silva IIRC was very badly wounded in Afghanistan recently. Lost both legs below the knee. Kept on shooting through the whole thing apparently ...

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DaireQuinlan wrote: »

On my phone at the mo so I can't easily check, but Joao Silva IIRC was very badly wounded in Afghanistan recently. Lost both legs below the knee. Kept on shooting through the whole thing apparently ...

yep, he came upon a landmine and lost his two legs, one from the shin and the other from the knee. Two of the four committed suicide. Some of the shots they took are enough to drive anyone to suicide.

Kevin Carter took his own life, but his most (in)famous shot of the little Sudanese Infant resting while the preying vulture awaits caused a lot of controversy and perhaps he couldn't handle such feelings and emotions, understandable if you ask me.

dinneenp

That's added to my Xmas list.
I'd like to get at least one present that isn't photography related but so far everything I want is photography related (flash, lens, filters, now this book).

0verblood

Anybody know where I can see a slideshow of their work? Their South African stuff in particular.

dazftw

Ive had that book in my ebay watch thing for so long.. think its about time I buy it.

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

On my phone at the mo so I can't easily check, but Joao Silva IIRC was very badly wounded in Afghanistan recently. Lost both legs below the knee. Kept on shooting through the whole thing apparently ...

I heard about that on a podcast, one of his friends was explaining what happened.. That's what you call passion.

punchdrunk

http://digitalfilmmaker.net/Bang/bang_frame.html

http://digitalfilmmaker.net/Bang/photographers_frame.html

Inspiring,yet horrific stuff

steelydan99

ordered mine, thanks for the tip

dazftw

steelydan99 wrote: »

ordered mine, thanks for the tip

ah feck i'll buy it as well so

0verblood

Those guys had some serious cojones.

Scamp-

It's a brilliant book.

Apparently it's been made into a film with Ryan Phillippe.
The bookshop across from Hogus Figus ordered it in for me.

Made me want to be a tortured war photographer (even though I won’t take my camera out of by bag on the luas red line.)