In the last few weeks, an increasing number of horrible, very upsetting photos of the massacres committed by Israel have been coming out of Lebanon. The alternative media are doing everything possible to break the censorship of images that was enforced by the Corporate and authoritarian State media which only show a sanitized war, disinfected images of material destruction. The smuggling and widespread dissemination of images from 'the realm of the real' that are coming out of Lebanon and Gaza now make all of us uncomfortable. For those of us who do editing and publishing work, they bring up the awful worry of "is this appropriate?" (source: Cyprus Indymedia)
Photographer Guy Smallman has been reporting from Lebanon since early this week. His photo reports show the harsh reality of war and a growing refugee crisis. New York Indymedia photographer Andrew Stern published photos taken after the bombing of two residential buildings in the town of Chiah, near Beirut on August 8th. The Cyprus Indymedia has been reporting constantly on the conflict since it started mid-July. Their website contains numerous (photo) reports on conflict, struggle and solidarity.
Photo reports by Guy Smallman:
- Kofi Annan is Welcomed to Dhayiya. Monday - August 28th
- Art against war in Lebanon. Friday - August 25th
- Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon. Sunday - Aug 27th
- The enviromental cost of Israel's lunacy - August 24th
- Evidence that Israel has in fact struck military targets - Wed 23rd Aug
- Israel’s ‘special’ forces in spectacular cock up - Sun 20th Aug
- Baalbek, Capital of the Bekka Valley - Sun 20th Aug
- Ali el-Nahri Remember Their Dead - Sat 19th Aug
- The Destroyed Factory - Sat 19th Aug
- Dhayiya, Lebanon - Fri 18th Aug
- The Battle of Aita Al-Shabb - Thurs 17th Aug
- The Unexploded Bombs of Jbah - Wed 16th Aug
- Lebanon - Driving South - Wed 16th Aug
- Refugees Return to South Beirut - Mon 14th Aug
- South Beirut and Palistinian Refugee Camp Bombed - Sun 13th Aug
- Activist aid convoy stopped by Lebanese National Security Guards - Sat 12th Aug
- Lebanese Hospitals Under Threat From Fuel Crisis - Thurs 10th Aug
- Martyrs Square Vigil, Lebanon - Wed 9th Aug
- Dhayiya. Attacked Again - Wed 9th Aug
- Activists Help Lebanese Refugee Kids - Tues 8th Aug
- Beirut Flyposting
- Demos Banned for Arab League Ministers Meeting - Mon 7th Aug
- Sanayaa Park Refugee Centre, Lebanon - Sun August 6th
- Lebanon's Increasing Refugee Crisis - Sun 6th Aug
- South Beirut After a Night of Bombing - Sat Aug 5th
- Driving Into Lebanon - Friday August 4th
Other photo reports: Photo Essay from Lebanon | Photo Essay from Lebanon - 2 | Indymedia Photography from Lebanon | Civil Defense members removing corpses from Marwahin, Lebanon | Lebanon: Day 8 ~ While the world is turning its back and closing its eyes | Bomb Number Five, Salaam | Lebanon: Full Color Pictures of the Atrocities
Links: Cyprus Indymedia | Andrew Stern website | Impressive photos on Flickr | Photos from pro-resistance demo by Issandr El Amrani | Wikipedia on war photography
For full coverage see UK Indymedia's Lebanon War 2006 page
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