Issue #27 / Report / Michael Christopher Brown - Libya

Michael Christopher Brown is documenting the face of battle in Libya by challenging the standard script for war reportage. The photographs' colour tones are one clue that we are seeing aslant the usual conventions - and with that, across the distinction between art photography and photojournalism. By moving beyond stale conventions of documentary realism, they provide important resources for thinking about the political and ethical challenges of the 21st century.