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Stanley Greene: Black Passport by
Stanley Greene and
Teun van der Heijden (Author) (Paperback
- Oct 26, 2009) |
 Stanley
Greene: Black Passport by
Teun van der Heijden and
Stanley Greene (Author) (Paperback
- Mar 31, 2010) The archetype of the war correspondent is freighted with an outsize heroic mythos
to which world-renowned conflict photographer
Stanley Greene is no stranger.
Black Passport is his autobiographical
monograph-cum-scrapbook and it transports the viewer behind the news as Greene reflects
upon his career, oscillating between the relative safety of life in the West and
the traumas of wars abroad. This glimpse of the polarities that have comprised
Greene's life raises essential questions
about the role of the photojournalist, as well as concerns about its repercussions:
what motivates someone to willingly confront death and misery? To do work that risks
one's life? Is it political engagement, or a sense of commitment to telling difficult
stories? Or does being a war photographer simply satisfy a yearning for adventure?
Black Passport offers an experience
that is both exceptionally personal and ostensibly objective. Built around
Greene's narrating monologue, the
book's 26 short, nonsequential "scenes" are each illustrated by a portfolio of his
work. |
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