I don´t know of any editions in English.

it adresses the moral conflict between intervening or getting the shot.

loosely tranlated quote: ” If you are too far, you don´t get the shot. If yoú are too close, you get killed”.

photographers

in The World !!!.

You Are The Eyes of Humanity .

We Need You More Than Ever.

with Admiration & Gratitude.

Rene Gaston AMC. Mexico City, Mexico.

John’s reply:

Iyabo, I don’t normally respond to a specific point in my weekly pieces, but what you bring up about the dilemma that photojournalists have in deciding whether or not to intervene in a life or death situation is one that every journalist must ask over and over. James Nachtwey discusses the “bearing witness” or active participant conundrum in the film “War Photographer.” There is also a sequence where he does try to save a man pursued and beaten by a mob. As for the Carter image in question, I believe it is also discussed in the book “Bang Bang Club.” His suicide some weeks later may have been as much about the torment over this image as the wounding and death of his colleagues. It is such a famous image I am certain you can Google information. Also, Susan Sontag’s late book “Regarding the Pain of Others” debates the efficacy of such images.