大家好！  Sorry for the lack of vocab. pics lately.  They should be coming a bit more regularly now.  Also, feel free to create your own.

Hi calkins,

Long time no see! I remember seeing this photo when I was young, maybe a few decades ago, haha. Let me guess, your next posting would be about a work by Robert Capa, perhaps! Slightly Out of Focus is well known in Japan.

Hey changye, long time indeed!  If I had another war photo to post, it would undoubtedly be by James Nachtwey, my all-time favorite war photographer.  His work is unsettling, but very important (especially for us Americans who are oblivious to the rest of the world's atrocities).

The above photo was one of my favorites from the Vietnam War.  Not to be anymore disturbing, but this photo needs to be seen in high resolution - the camera shutter was released almost at the exact moment the bullet entered this Vietcong prisoner's head.  Sorry again to be so graphic, but unfortunately it's a sad part of our world.

Hi calkins,

I can't see his photos due to slow Internet connection here in China now, but I read the Wikipedia article about him. I'll try to see his works again tomorrow morning. I can't find an article about James Nachtwey in Wikipedia Japan, what a shame. Incidentally, I used to take photos with my Nikon F2 when I was young. It's very interesting to develop films and enlarge photos by yourself. 

Hi all

This is a timely topic as 杨佳, the young man who killed six Shanghai police officers, was just executed last night.

And I agree about the value of real war pictures. When all we see is Hollywood's version of fighting, it's easy to forget what an ugly business it is.