Gittoes Speaking Part 1 - How to survive in a warzone?

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Uploaded by on Jan 7, 2007

Legendary war photographer and documentary filmmaker George Gittoes is interviewed.

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  • and one final point I am confucsed about with your comment; how can you use a throw away line such as "the first casualty of war is truth" as if to say that George is revealing the truth and then say you are comfortable with his bias? Is reporting or proporting an occurrance with bias not lying or is this tilting at windmills?

  • Two points 1) Gittoes fights to make money, he uses the medium of violence and violent conflict as his topic for achieving this. He is no more invested or interested in positive outcomes in conflict regions than a contract security guard. 2) I would prefer to see his work presented as an unbiased approach to reporting on violent confrontation, if that is what he wants to claim he is doing.

  • Look, Gittoes has not been in th employ of the ADF for over 10 years. He got the boot because he's a pratt. And yes you can make up scenes from benign situations to make it seem dangerous and comfronting. If you like his art thats great, but don't think its the truth or represenational of being on the ground.

  • George has not done any representational work for the ADF since 1998 in Bougainville. What you are talking about is over 10 years old. And thats the facts...

  • George is no hero. He is dangerous, does stupid things in hostile environments which puts his security detail at risk, stages his photos and footage to sell his snake oil and then has the temerity to pass himself off as a lone wolf crusader exposing injustices. Why is it that George never works or is invited to work with a military unit, go or ngo twice. Read his transcripts on Kibeho; you would think he was the only journo on site or that the photographic evidence was all his own...

  • ha my name is ben gittoes

  • My hero too. Puts Hugh Lunn to shame.

  • My hero. I met this guy in 2001 at an art exhibition in my home town of Wagga Wagga and he was already my favorite artist. His stories are intense and his passion is amazing. I wish I could find somewhere to see 'Rampage'.

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