Inferno by Luc Sante Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Inferno
Book Review: A Terrible Beauty
Summary: 5 Stars
I find that the words "a terrible beauty" sum up this masterpiece by James Nachtwey. These pictures deeply affected me beyond the written word. Sometimes a simple picture can portray so much. As a student of economic and international relations these images are what keeps me going, I want to be the idealist that believes that I can make a change too. Every time I see Nachtwey's images I can feel his appeal to the reader to make a difference or at the very least to be aware of global issues. People get so caught up in their own pain that one forgets the harsh reality imposed upon others in countries ravaged by war, ethnic genocide and famine. The picture plate of the skeletal man crawling on his hands and knees left a deep impact on me as well as the plate of the Rwandan man ravaged and violated by a machete from his own people. Indeed, as the Italian poet Dante described in "Inferno" these images describe the nine cirlces of hell.Book Review: A look at the true horrors of this world!
Summary: 5 Stars
Awesome, shocking, disturbing, eye opening, these just begin to describe the feelings and emotions of this book. The photographs of mans inhumanity to his fellow man go beyond those images we see on the nightly news. James Nachtwey shows us the world of war, famine and poverty. It is eye opening. For anyone who collects books of photography, this is a must, but, it is not a coffee table book. This is one that you keep in reserve for those days when you think your life if bad or tough. Take it down from the shelf, open it and realize just how hard it could be!.Book Review: A profound journey into human suffering
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazing book and a truly great photographer at work.
I am lost for words. Read this book and watch War Photographer.
Book Review: A thought-provoking picture of our world
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a disturbing book. It is considered a classic in the world of news photography. It shows what happens when things go very wrong in our world. It would be nice to say these are all isolated incidences. However, they are not. In spite of talk about "progress", the number of people living in slums in our world is growing. If we were to have a very serious economic or environmental crisis, the pictures in this book could be a vision of the future. The author's work is more well-known in Europe than in the U.S. where such raw images are usually not published in the major media. However, you should look at this book. It will make you think.Book Review: Access to the World's torments...
Summary: 5 Stars
Nachtwey took upon himself the task and assignments to share life with the subjects in his book, "Inferno". As such, he was given access to people's private lives, their grief, their loss and death in a way that I have seen in very few other books. Inferno delivers stark messages with each photograph. This is a book that should be prized as a masterpiece of photojournalism.