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The Bang-Bang Club...

  • 24-11-2010 11:39am
    #1
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,447 ✭✭✭


    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!


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  • #2
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,703 ✭✭✭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 ...


  • #3
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,447 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    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.


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    dinneenp
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    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).


  • #5
    0verblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭0verblood


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


  • #6
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭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.

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  • #7
    punchdrunk
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    http://digitalfilmmaker.net/Bang/bang_frame.html

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

    Inspiring,yet horrific stuff :(


  • #8
    steelydan99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭steelydan99


    ordered mine, thanks for the tip


  • #9
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    steelydan99 wrote: »
    ordered mine, thanks for the tip

    ah feck i'll buy it as well so :)

    Network with your people: https://www.builtinireland.ie/



  • #10
    0verblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭0verblood


    Those guys had some serious cojones.


  • #11
    Scamp-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭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.)


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