As the war in Ukraine unfolds in real time, we see its horror through the lens of photojournalists on the ground. Conflict photographers bring us the unvarnished truth of humanity’s capacity for violence. But what toll does this work have on the men and women behind the cameras? What pushes journalists back, year after year, to the front lines? And what do we, as readers and viewers of their work, owe them? In Shooting War, a documentary from The Globe and Mail, nine of the world’s top conflict photographers reflect on careers spent on the front lines, and the physical and psychological scars they live with now.
Photojournalists speak of the toll of photographing on the frontlines in Shooting War. The Globe and Mail have brought together nine war photojournalists to speak