war photographer

key quotes for war photographer
1. In his ______ he is finally alone, with spools of ______ set out in ______ rows

2. he a ______ preparing to intone a mass

3. stranger’s features faintly start to _____ before his eyes, a _____-_____ ghost

4. The reader’s eyeballs _____ with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beer”

1. In his darkroom he is finally alone, with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows

2. he a priest preparing to intone a mass

3. a stranger’s features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half-formed ghost

4. The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beer”

brief summary of the poem
a war photographer ________ his job while developing their photos. he realises that the _______ does not care about the issues they’re trying to shed ______ on

a war photographer contemplates his job while developing their photos. he realises that the public does not care about the issues they’re trying to shed light on

in the quote:

“in his darkroom he is finally alone, with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows.”

what can you say about the ‘finally alone?”

→ suggest he craves ________ to process the horrifying things he witnessed.

suggests he craves solitude to process the horrifying things he witnessed

in the quote:

“in his darkroom he is finally alone, with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows.”

what can you say about the “spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”?

spools of suffering → directly equates the ________ ____ of film with the human ____ recorded

ordered → contrasts chaotic _____ with _____ structure. tries to impose neat order over ______ horror

directly equates the physical rolls of film with the human pain recorded

contrasts chaotic trauma with strict structure. tries to impose neat order over untameable horror

what is the meaning and purpose of the quote

“in his darkroom he is finally alone, with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows.”

meaning: the photographer returns to his quiet home space to _____ process his films while _____ trying to regain ______ over traumatic memories

purpose: highlights the heavy, emotional _____ carried by war journalists, showing how traumatic memories cannot be neatly _____ or ordered

the photographer returns to his quiet home space to physically process his films while mentally trying to regain control over traumatic memorise

highlights the heavy, emotional burden carried by war journalists, showing how traumatic memories cannot be neatly contained or ordered

in the quote:

“he a priest preparing to intone a mass”
what can you say about the “priest” and “mass”?

→ a simile comparing the photographer to a priest conducting a _____ _____ service

→ frames his work as a ____, serious, and deeply ____ rather than just a _____

a simile comparing the photographer to a priest conducting a religious solemn service

frames his work as a sacred, serious, and deeply moral rather than just a commercial

what is the meaning and purpose of the quote:
“he a priest preparing to intone a mass”

meaning: the photographer treats his _____ with religious reverence, developing these photos is his way of ____ the death and spreading the ____

purpose: suggests that recoding truth and exposing human ______ is a sacred ______ duty or purpose, elevating the photographer’s role

the photographer treats his duty with religious reverence, developing these photos is his way of honouring the death and spreading the truth

suggests that recording the truth and exposing human suffering is a sacred moral duty or purse, elevating the photographer’s role

in the quote:

“a stranger’s features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half-formed ghost”
what can you say about the “twist”?

→ a verb that connotes _____ agony, injury and death, describing both the dying ____ and distortion of the chemical photo emergence

→ a verb that connotes physical agony, injury and death, describing both the dying victim and distortion of the chemical photo emergence

in the quote:

“a stranger’s features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half-formed ghost”
what can you say about the “half-formed”

→ the photo chemical process mirrors a _____ forming. Half-formed symbolises a life ___ _____ prematurely by _____

the photo chemical process mirrors a spirit forming. half-formed symbolises a life cut short prematurely by conflict

in the quote:

“a stranger’s features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half-formed ghost”
what can you say about the “ghost”?

→ an imagery that suggests that photographers literally _____ by the victim whose death he _____ but didn’t stop

an imagery that suggests that photographers literally haunted by the victim whose death he recorded but didn’t stop

what is the meaning and purpose of the quote:
“a stranger’s feature faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half-formed ghost”

meaning: as the _______ develops, the face of a dying man _____, forcing the photographer to _____ the moment of his death

purpose: illustrates how war ____ victims of their future and condemns witnesses live with haunting, ______ memories

as the photograph develops, the face of a dying man emerges, forcing the photographer to relive the moment of his death

illustrates how war strips victims of their future and condemns witnesses live with haunting, permanent memories

in the quote:

“the reader’s eyeballs prick, with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beer”
what can you say about the “eyeballs”

→ using eyeballs instead of eyes suggests the act of crying after seeing the photo’s almost ______, a reflex. exposes reader’s not truly _____ by the photos. its only a _____ process of secreting tears they go through. its not a _____ response

using eyeballs instead of eyes suggests the act of crying after seeing the photo’s almost mechanical, a reflex. exposes the reader’s not truly affected by the photos. its only a physical process of secreting tears they go through. its not a genuine response.

in the quote:

“the reader’s eyeballs prick, with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beer”
what can you say about the “prick”?

→ a verb that implies a tiny, shallow, ______ sensation of ____. ______ superficial but vanishes instantly.

a verb that implies a tiny, shallow, temporary sensation of pain. Sympathy’s superficial but vanishes instantly.

in the quote:

“the reader’s eyeballs prick, with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beer”
what can you say about the “tears”, “bath”, “beer”?

→ __________ that places genuine ______ right alongside middle class ______

juxtaposition that places genuine tragedy right alongside middle class comforts

what is the meaning and purpose of the quote:

“the readers eyeballs prick, with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beer'“

meaning: western Sunday paper readers feel a _____ flash of _____ before immediately returning to their _______ weekend routines

purpose: directly criticises western public apathy, scolding audiences who _______ consume real war atrocities as brief Sunday _______ without taking real _____

western Sunday paper readers feel a brief flash of sorrow before immediately returning to their comfortable western routines

directly criticises western public apathy, scolding audiences who passively consume real war atrocities as brief Sunday entertainment without taking real actions