June 30, 2010
Los Angeles Times
On the Media: Photojournalism's visceral power clear at the Getty
By James Rainey
Sadness, revulsion, pride, anger and compassion are sure to follow. But an initial look at James Nachtwey's massive photo collage from military field hospitals in Iraq first provokes simple curiosity.
Could that charred nub really be a human nose? What part of pale flesh is that hidden beneath a knot of plastic surgical tube? Is that doctor's slippery, gloved finger really probing inside someone's skull ...
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