Photojournalism is powerful, but it cannot stop a genocide, says Ron Haviv, who has covered three â in Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur â and seen people executed, up close. Sometimes, when he sends shocking imagery out into the world and nothing changes, heâs felt as if he has failed. But, says Haviv, photos have âmany livesâ, and later it becomes apparent what photography can do, not only what it canât. Haviv, who has documented over 25 wars and conflicts since the late 1980s, says that itâs about understanding limitations.
âEspecially in the west, and especially as Americans, you think itâs everything or nothing. I felt that if the work had no impact, I couldnât keep doing this. But then it starts to become a little more feasible⊠if we canâŠ
