I picked up a new Nikon 50mm f1.8 lens for my camera the other day. Its faster than my 18x200, that has been my travel lens of choice for many years. The 50mm doesn't have a telephoto option, so it forces me to adjust my position relative to the subject, which is an added challenge for me. With a telephoto lens I just zoom in or out as necessary, which is some respects has spoiled me a bit.
I watched James Nachtwey's War Photographer the other night and was dumbfounded firstly by his images, but moreover the amount of human suffering that he has borne witness to over his 25+ year career. His compilation of work, Inferno, is filled with such tragic images that I could barley get through it without having to walk away and settle myself. Nachtwey has reminded me of the immense human capacity for injuring and killing one another, and just how distant many of our lives are from the day-to-day suffering that occurs in so many places around or world.
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