War Photographer

From the very first scene in this movie I could tell it was going to be great! It shows a man holding a camera up close with smoke burning in the background and a quote appears that reads, “If your picture isn’t good enough, you weren’t close enough. The only negative I got from this movie was that some parts were not in English so as they were discussing the photographs I was reading what they were saying instead of looking at the actual photographs. They say a photographer portrays people in a way that no one else can and I believe Jim does this. He has so much courage to go straight up to people when they are in so much despair and take pictures. Such as when the mother was crying over her sons coffin, he caught her emotion in a way no one else could. It was quoted in the movie that in war, civilized behavior is suspended, this masquerade and war photographs showed this awful behavior. The story about the family living in Indonesia really touched me. The father was ran over by a train several years earlier and lost an arm and a leg and now lives in the gravel in between the train tracks. How scary for him but it is all that his wife and children can afford. This story about this man, James (Jim) is about a man that is always pushing his limits to get the perfect picture. I agree with him when he said at the end of the day people really do want to know about tragedy and what they can do to help. Such as the man who read an article about the family in Indonesia and how he is very poor but will send $20 a month to the family for as long as he can. Jim inspires people to do good.