Refugees Welcome Rally Dublin [12.09.15]

A couple hold a Failte (Irish for Welcome) sign in front of refugees welcome street graffiti on O'Connell Street, Dublin, where a number of Irish politicians (Including Claire Daly, Paul Murphy) and members of NGOs spoke to the crowd.

Colm Roddy a familiar face at protests in Dublin, here with a sign "welcoming refugees from wars we helped to fuel", on O'Connell Street, Dublin, where a number of Irish politicians and members of NGOs spoke to the crowd.

People stand outside the GPO calling for homes and refuge for all at a refugees welcome rally on O'Connell Street, Dublin.

A man holds a "Stop the profits for War" sign with people gathered in central Dublin to show that refugees are welcome in Ireland.

People hold a refugees welcome sign on O'Connell Street, Dublin, where a number of Irish politicians (Including Claire Daly, Paul Murphy) and members of NGOs spoke to the crowd.

People on O'Connell Street, Dublin hold placards welcoming refugees and condemning Irish Defence Forces involvement in conflicts.

People gather in Dublin in show of solidarity for Syrian refugees

People gathered at the Famine Memorial in Dublin, Ireland to urge the Irish government to take in more Syrian refugees. The group Uplift organised the event as a national day of action, with people gathering at famine memorials across Ireland.




People line all stretches of the River Liffey around the Famine memorial

Don McCullin by Alfred Dunhill

"The majority of the last 50 years of my life have been wasted photographing wars."

McCullin

Donald McCullin, CBE Hon FRPS (born 9 October 1935, Finsbury Park, London, England) is an internationally known British photojournalist, particularly recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in examining the underside of society, and his photographs have depicted the unemployed, downtrodden and the impoverished. (from wiki) 

A fantastic documentary from his start photographing the people of Finsbury Park, to Civil War in Cypress, The Congo, Vietnam, Lebanon. It was a different before (photo)journalists were officially  "embedded" and they took photos of what the saw and encountered, not just what they were shown. His accounts of what he saw are harrowing and he himself was scared he was becoming a "war junkie", seeing so much devastation that it started to not effect him. He talks of the people, soldiers, mercenaries he encountered. As well as the interview for the documentary, old snippets of interviews are used from news pieces to his appearance on Parkinson.

He speaks very openly and comes across as very honest and humble and you can clearly see how everything he has seen in his photographic life has effected him. When it finished, it didn't seem anywhere near the 90minute running time, always a good sign especially when it comes to documentaries. This is a must see for all, not just photographers, it really shows how much of the horrors of war just one man captured. 

He now lives in the English countryside and takes landscapes, a far cry from his days of putting his life on the line to show the world the horrors of war.

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James Nachtwey: My photographs bear witness

Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, war photographer James Nachtwey shows his lifes work and asks TED to help him continue telling the story with innovative, exciting uses of news photography in the digital era.