ABSTRACT
Introduction ‘After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001’, David Carr (2011) of The New York Times observed, ‘the business of war picked up and the bloody consequences have landed hard on people who bring cameras, rather than guns, to a firefight.’ Against a backdrop of news organisations retrenching, with overseas bureaus closing down, he noted how steadfast photographers have remained in their commitment to bearing witness to human suffering. In his words:
Even as warfare has changed – becoming in some cases more remote and more distant – the job of covering war has not. Missiles can be guided from great distances and drone aircraft can be commanded by a joystick, but journalists still have to go and see where the bombs landed.
