First to go (Selected Treasure Edition)

Author: A Xia (Translated)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Excellent photography can profoundly move our minds. After we have shed tears or felt anger, we reflect for longer and gain a deeper understanding of history. Within these images, we discover humanity, which inspires our passion, pain, love, courage, and sense of justice. This leads to more reflection and insight into the world today, creating meaning for the future. For most of us, we are accustomed to learning about the world vaguely through television and newspapers. This habit proves our happiness, as the environment we live in is peaceful. When we hastily scan distant turmoil and warfare in the evening news each day, we rarely engage in deep thought, let alone understand the state of the world and the fate of humanity. However, there is another group of people who must confront these realities directly. They move through the blood and fire of battlefields, not just to fill news time or space, but more importantly, to witness the history we are living through. This book is a curated collection from the outstanding series Black Lens, where every photograph has caused immense shock and even led to turning points in history and social change. Many of these works have been awarded prestigious international photography awards, such as the World Press Photo Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Photography.