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The photographs of torture in Iraq, taken by US soldiers, have been a public relations desaster for the American government. Susan Sontag argues that they reveal a new dimension of war photography. Not professional journalists but the soldiers themselves document their actions, their fun and their atrocities. The torture scenes were in part designed just to be photographed.
In Sontags opinion the torture incidents in Iraq have a lot to do with "nature and heart of America". They show the increasing acceptance of brutality in the US since Bush's self rightous "war against terrorism".
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"Filming Techniques" can help you with your film project. It not only provides basic information about camera moves, camera shots, and perspective, but also names some of the most common mistakes. More...