Basically We're Alone. Left Up to Our Own Wits. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University Vol. Basically We're Alone.
War photographers describe what it's like to do their jobs.
Panelists and audience participants discussed topics related to the coverage of war by writers and photographers. One panel consisting of three war photographersRon Haviv, Gary Knight, and Steve Lehmandescribed experiences from the frontlines of battles and talked about their work as journalists. Edited excerpts from it follow. And for those of us who haven't been on the frontlines or haven't been on certain frontlines, the way we learn about the world, the way we learn about war crimes, particularly, is often through the camera. Yet the images the photographers take, even by those within the media, are often taken too much for granted.