I posted this a few days ago over on the APhotoADay Blog, where I am a contributor, but the more I go through this project the more I am fascinated by it.

Switzerland based artists GORAN GALIC &
GIAN-RETO GREDIG have created Photographers in Conflict which puts people whose names we usually only see under the photos in front of the lens. Some of the photographers profiled include Ziyah Gafic of Getty Images, Todd Heisler of hthe NY Times and Samantha Appleton of NOOR. With this project we basically get an inside view of what goes through the minds of those ballsy folks that bring us photos from the last place that you’d want to be. (Of course, if you’re a photog like me, you’re probably curious about being there).

I found interesting the quotes of one photographer when he speaks about photographing things he doesn’t want to look back on. His memory won’t serve him for such a horrific situation so he needs to make sure it doesn’t get lost, hence his camera.

“I take pictures of things that I do not want to remember.” – Ziyah Gafic