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# War Photography's Lack of Originality
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/lack-of-originality-war-photography/
- Published: 2011-01-18T01:30:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:02:57.000Z
- Description: "What really dismays me … is how three major organizations [Time, Toronto Star & New York Times] could send out three of the best photographers in the business and, within the space of just over two weeks, proudly publish nearly the same photo-story … Is this pure coincidence? Or, does it illustrat
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, #image-position-hidden, Photography, war, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

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“What really dismays me … is how three major organizations \[*Time*, *Toronto Star* & *New York Times*\]could send out three of the best photographers in the business and, within the space of just over two weeks, proudly publish nearly the same photo-story … Is this pure coincidence? Or, does it illustrate (too well, in this case) the acumen of the Pentagon in the mediating of war access?” I want to know who are the people taking risks to document the real war? \[[BagNewsNotes](http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/01/big-media-sent-3-of-my-favorite-war-photographers-to-afghanistan-and-what-they-brought-me-back-were-the-near-same-medevac-shots?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]