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Are you a vulture? Reflecting on the ethics and aesthetics of atrocity coverage and its aftermath

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This book chapter examines key ethical questions for documentary film-makers and photographers when creating work in the aftermath of atrocity. It draws on practitoner reflections, from founding Magnum photographer George Rodger's Holocaust aftermath imagery to the author's reflections when photographing the aftermath of caste-based murders in India. The photography and reflections based on it (featured in the book chapter) have been featured at ICA conference 'The Histories of Hatred' and accompanying DVD

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