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Article: Filmmaker explores why photographers go to war
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- September 12, 1998
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When a U.N. helicopter attack killed dozens
of Somalis in 1993, an enraged mob turned on the first outsiders to
arrive at the scene: photojournalists.
Three photographers were stoned to death - one of them a 22-year-
old named Dan Eldon who was covering his first war.
Last year, Eldon's sister headed to the spot where the young
photographer died, embarking on a journey that took her around the
world as she tried to learn what compelled him to risk his life to
capture images of war.
Along the way, Amy Eldon meets with journalists in television and
print - the men and women who are often criticized for aiming their
lenses in the faces of the wounded, but are also lauded as ...