Women photographers bring out the pain in conflict zones

R. Sujatha – Hindu – Friday, 20 July 2012 (originally published 17 Jul)

The works of three award-winning women photographers were part of the exhibition titled The Emphatic Eye held at Apparao Galleries in Nungambakkam and inaugurated by art director Thota Tharrani (in white) — Image: K.V. Srinivasan

It requires skill, confidence and courage to report from a war zone or a country rising from the ashes. It is tougher, probably, to capture on film, the emotions of people in such conflict zones.

Three celebrated American women photographers — Ami Vitale, Maggie Steber and Andrea Bruce — have excelled at this and shown the world the other side of conflict, one that is rarely seen by most.

Their works were part of an exhibition titled The Emphatic Eye, held at Apparao Galleries in Nungambakkam, and is in continuance with the women’s international film festival being held in the city . . .

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