May 6, 2015 Page 13 $UWV ENTERTAINMENT Journey Humanity into C ONTINUED FROM P AGE 9 in front of a screen, looking at the photographs and answering ques- tions about them, with the camera EHKLQGWKHVFUHHQ¿OPLQJWKURXJK the photographs, via a semi-trans- parent mirror. The effect is pro- found, conveying a sense of Sal- gado reliving his experiences of capturing the images. Often he is quite moved as he describes the humanity of his subjects; we see that he is an artist but also a seek- er, whose photographic images arise from a true ministry of pres- ence with his subjects. Salgado’s work has famously been criticized by Susan Sontag and others for conveying the pain of others with a beauty that dulls WKH FRQVFLHQFH DQG WKH ¿OP KDV been criticized for not examining Salgado’s work from that more crit- ical lens. I didn’t miss such a per- spective -- and, indeed, I think such criticism misses an answer that is FRQWDLQHGLQWKH¿OPLWVHOI6DOJD- do’s photographs are the product of weeks and sometimes months spent with their subjects, often in countries beset by war or famine or tragedy. The artist creates a re- lationship with the people he pho- tographs that enable him to capture their humanity in a way that would not otherwise be possible. They re- spond to the emotion and empathy which so clearly guide him, and he speaks reverently of them and of a sense that they “give” him the photo. Salgado has indeed become famous for photographing suffer- ing, yet he has equipped himself to offer a voice to those who suffer and to convey what is deeply true and beautiful in their humanity. The fact that many may not have the capacity to absorb the impact of the images is indeed troubling, but cannot be the fault of their beauty. 7KH ¿OP DOVR FDSWXUHV VRPH- thing important about Salgado’s RZQ WUDMHFWRU\