Brighton Photo Fringe OPEN 2010 / Closer by Stuart Griffiths - Phoenix Oct 2010

 

Brighton Photo Fringe
OPEN 2010 / Closer by Stuart Griffiths.

Another war pictures related theme exhibition, for the last two years there are always pictures showing war images in the Photo Fringe. I'm not sure if I like or respect those kind of pictures because of their fotographic quality or because the vulnerability shown in the image. I liked the scale of the pictures, they made the gallery their own place, it was like if those people in the pictures where telling a story to all of us, the true story of what war means. I'm probably too ignorant to understand war or why people want to fight, but since I have started to seeing war pictures in different exhibitions I'm more aware of the dark side of wars. I find those kind of pictures senseless, it shows a reality a sad one, but nobody can do anything about it. I feel fustrated because of them and feel i can't do anything to help. Is war something boring?? I will give myself another chance and visit another war theme related show to see if I get another impressions.