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Tuesday
Aug092011

Luc Delahaye and his uncomfortable war photography

Sean O'Hagan of The Guardian UK discusses the uncomfortable and disconnected nature of Luc Delahaye's photography now on exhibit at the Tate Modern.

Delahaye, like Polidori, is not just questioning the role of reportage in an increasingly over-mediated world, but asking the thorny question: what happens to images of human suffering when they are taken out of magazines and hung on the walls of chic downtown galleries?
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