Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer

Howe, Peter; Philip Jones Griffith; Ron Haviv; Don McCullin; Susan Meiselas; James Nachtwey

ISBN 10: 1579652158 / ISBN 13: 9781579652159

Published by Artisan/Workman Publishing, New York, 2002

About this Item

SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine cloth-bound hardcover with a light bump to two tips in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Compiled with text by Peter Howe; photographs and statements by Patrick Chauvel, Philip Jones Griffith, Ron Haviv, Catherine Leroy, Don McCullin, Susan Meiselas, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey, Maggie Steber, and Laurent van der Stockt. 224 pages; color and b&w photos throughout; 10 x 11 inches. SIGNED BY HOWE, HAVIV, MEISELES, GRIFFITHS, & MCCULLIN; inscribed and dated in 2005 by Howe and dated in 2003 by Meiseles. Photographers relate stories of life in the combat zone; incidents of horror, humor, bravery, and daring; the moral and ethical issues that they face and the decisions they must make in the chaos of conflict; in addition to the images they risked their lives to obtain. A great book signed by the author and four of the contributors. Overseas sales and expedited shipping will require extra postage for this volume.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer
• Publisher: Artisan/Workman Publishing, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579652158
• ISBN 13: 9781579652159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

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Synopsis

Shooting Under Fire is the candid testimony and stunning photographs of the men and women who go into battle armed only with a camera to show warfare as it is and where it is. In this volume, ten leading combat photographers relate incidents of horror, humor, bravery, and daring in locations from Vietnam to Haiti, Ramallah to Chechnya, El Salvador to Sarajevo, the World Trade Center to Afghanistan. Here, in their own words, are their stories of life in the combat zone, together with many of the powerful images they risked their lives to obtain. This historical and very human look at the pathos of war also reveals the moral and ethical issues that this elite corps of photographers face, and the decisions they must make in the chaos of conflict. In addition to the works of these talented photographers are iconic images, from the American Civil War to the devastation of the World Trade Center, that tell the story of the development of combat photography and the profound changes in warfare itself that have occurred in the last century and a half.

About the Author

PETER HOWE has had a long career in photography, initially as an award-winning photojournalist and subsequently as picture editor of The New York Times Magazine, director of photography for Life magazine, and vice president of photography and creative services for Corbis. A native of Great Britain, now an American citizen, Howe lives in New York City and Connecticut.