War photography
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- "War photographer" redirects here. For the 2001 documentary, see War Photographer.
War photography captures images of armed conflict and life in war-torn areas.
War photography depicts the terrors of war mingled with selfless acts of sacrifice. Unlike paintings or drawings of war, factual images are not easily altered in photographs.
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Photographers who participate in this genre may find themselves placed in harm's way, and are sometimes killed trying to get their pictures out of the war arena. Journalists and photographers are protected by international conventions of armed warfare, but history shows that they are often considered targets by warring groups — sometimes to show hatred of their opponents and other times to prevent the facts shown in the photographs from being known. War photography has become more dangerous with the terrorist style of armed conflict as some terrorists target journalists and photographers. (In the Second Persian Gulf War, several photographers were captured and executed by terrorists or shot by armed insurgents.)
