''Richard Mosse: Making visible and invisble conflict''
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Mostly known for his work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Richard Mosse's project entitled Infra covers the conflict in the Eastern Congo with his own special twist: He used a 16mm color infrared film. This infrared Aerochrome Kodak camera makes it possible for the human eye to see infrared light which is reflected off of chlorophyll (plants). It was used for camouflage detection by the US military during WWII. Therefore, anything that is not a healthy green plant would stand out immediately and was easy to spot.
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'' I am an artist working in places/destinations where journalists also find themselves''
'' The primal importance for me is beauty. Beauty is sort of one of the main lines to make people feel something. It's the sharpest tool in the box.'' -Richard Mosse, The Impossible Image |
Showing beauty in horror, his work is the perfect combination between art and photojournalism in the war zones. He constantly challenges himself to get the impossible picture, it's the heart of his motivation in photography. Risking his life by joining the rebels and the army onto the battlefield, Mosse believes his work can be eye opening for a lot of people by integrating greatness in the despicable.
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