It's been a while, hasn't it? I can only offer apologies and the excuse of life.
In order for this to run smoother, here's a little background on World Press Photo;
So! Before I fell completely ill last week gone, I went to the 2013 World Press Photo exhibition in the CHQ (IFSC) here in Dublin. I wish I'd been able to write about it when I got home, honestly - all the emotions were fresh and raw, very raw.
Raw is a good word in general. This is an exhibition of photo-journalism (world renowned no less, with a new collection touring the world each year) from all over the globe. While this includes some fantastic animal photos and London Olympics pictures, it also contains images from Gaza, Syria and Afghanistan which I cannot describe better than "raw".
I wish I was talking about the file type.
These photographs were the exhibition for me, you hear about it all on the news, but I have never felt so close to what is going on before.
I stood on front of these pictures and I felt goosebumps and I felt tears. I felt shock, wonder and morbid curiosity.
I also wondered at the photographers/photojournalists themselves... What kind of a person takes photographs like these? How?
I also can't help but marvel at the beauty in some of these photographs. Even when the content is horrendous or disgusting, I still found myself enjoying some of these photographs aesthetically.
A certain Yeats quote comes to mind, these days it tends to be tossed around a lot, it's cheesy now, but I feel the gravity of these photographs counters any flippant use of it; "A terrible beauty is born".
Some of these photos are horrific but amazing. Truly, amazing.
If you can go see it, I highly recommend it, for a fiver it's well worth it. You can view it on the site, of course, but in the flesh it's something more - If there's a chance you can come see it, don't look yet. See it when you're standing on front of it.
It really needs to be seen. Not written about (bar as a recommendation to pay up that fiver Gladly)
- Please hurry, it closes the 22nd!!
[Following exhibitions will be in Italy, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Israel and The Netherlands]
In order for this to run smoother, here's a little background on World Press Photo;
"World Press Photo is committed to supporting and advancing high standards in photojournalism and documentary photography worldwide. We strive to generate wide public interest in and appreciation for the work of photographers and for the free exchange of information. [...] World Press Photo is run as an independent, non-profit organization with its office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where World Press Photo was founded in 1955."
So! Before I fell completely ill last week gone, I went to the 2013 World Press Photo exhibition in the CHQ (IFSC) here in Dublin. I wish I'd been able to write about it when I got home, honestly - all the emotions were fresh and raw, very raw.
Raw is a good word in general. This is an exhibition of photo-journalism (world renowned no less, with a new collection touring the world each year) from all over the globe. While this includes some fantastic animal photos and London Olympics pictures, it also contains images from Gaza, Syria and Afghanistan which I cannot describe better than "raw".
I wish I was talking about the file type.
These photographs were the exhibition for me, you hear about it all on the news, but I have never felt so close to what is going on before.
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| Paul Hansen, Spot News, 1st Prize Singles |
I stood on front of these pictures and I felt goosebumps and I felt tears. I felt shock, wonder and morbid curiosity.
I also wondered at the photographers/photojournalists themselves... What kind of a person takes photographs like these? How?
I also can't help but marvel at the beauty in some of these photographs. Even when the content is horrendous or disgusting, I still found myself enjoying some of these photographs aesthetically.
A certain Yeats quote comes to mind, these days it tends to be tossed around a lot, it's cheesy now, but I feel the gravity of these photographs counters any flippant use of it; "A terrible beauty is born".
Some of these photos are horrific but amazing. Truly, amazing.
If you can go see it, I highly recommend it, for a fiver it's well worth it. You can view it on the site, of course, but in the flesh it's something more - If there's a chance you can come see it, don't look yet. See it when you're standing on front of it.
It really needs to be seen. Not written about (bar as a recommendation to pay up that fiver Gladly)
- Please hurry, it closes the 22nd!!
[Following exhibitions will be in Italy, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Israel and The Netherlands]
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