Yep. That's the one. Dave S
On 4/9/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/9/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Depressing? How? > > > > I saw a doc on Nachtway a while ago on TV, and I suspect it was this > one (how many could there be?). > > What I found disturbing was the portrayal of him as one who basically > can't function in "normal" society. It seems that he's most (only?) > at home in war zones; that his down time in the US is something that > he can hardly bear. It's not that he craves or is addicted to the > excitement of war, but that he seems dysfunctional among others and > seeks horrible places as a way of isolating himself from others. > > At least that's how he was portrayed. It seemed almost pathological, > and it was sad. > > I wondered if he became a war photographer to deal with this problem, > or if he was "normal" but several decades of witnessing and > photographing some of the worst horrors and atrocities on this planet > have made him this way. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- "All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy." - Spike Milligan
