> > >Only 12 photos, but they're good ones: > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/ > >in_pictures_magnum_photos___60th_anniversary/html/1.stm > > Thanks for posting Mark. > > Interestingly, my son (a month off his 14th birthday) is > reading my copy > of Robert Capa's 'Slightly Out of Focus' > > <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slightly-Out-Focus-Modern-Library/dp/ > 0375753966> > > One of his favourite subjects at school is history, > especially the first > and second world wars. He has shown he is competent with a > stills camera > on many an occasion, although he certainly does not shoot avidly. I > suggest fusing the areas of interest and loaned him the book. > There are > some quite adult concepts in it, but so far he has lapped it up. The > trouble is, the questions are beginning to get tougher for me ;-) > > Any recommendations for further reading gratefully received. >
Great book. I don't know of much that is specifically about photographers and WWs 1 & 2, but here are some recommendations for books and memoirs about journalists (including photographers) at war, or particularly fine writing about war: Philip Knightley "The First Casualty" Nicholas Rankin "Telegram from Guernica" Don McCullin "Unreasonable Behaviour" Marinovich & Silva "The Bang-Bang Club" Copaken Kogan "Shutterbabe" George Rodger "Desert Journey" Richard Harding Davis "Moments in Hell" Tim O'Brien "If I Die in a Combat Zone" Orwell "Homage to Catalonia" Evelyn Waugh "Sword of Honour" I've also found the "Mammoth Book of Eyewitness...." series to be surprisingly good. I've used them as books to read on holiday because they are collections of different eyewitness accounts of historical events. As a result they are very immediate, with excellent writing, but easily putdownable because each account can be read quite quickly. Also, the eyewitnesses are usually having a much worse time than I am, so that always makes me feel better. They have titles like "Mammoth Book of Eyewitness WWII" "...Fighter Pilots", "...WW1" etc. There is also a very good companion series of "Mammoth Book of How It Happened: ..." which are equally good. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
