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Christopher Sims: Guantanamo Bay

October's podcast features Christopher Sims Guantanamo Bay portfolio with music courtesy of The Freesound Project

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I'm not sure what your point is but it would, for example, be a more balanced project if you potrayed this alongside photos of a terrorist training camp. MY point is, while the guilt of those people is not 100% it never is, in the criminal/legal system. And in the balance of probabilities, and in relation to foul Muslim terrorism, I'm glad the US has given the finger to the GB critics. They KNOW its damaged their reputation and yet still do it: why is that? - go figure.
  • Posted by Joe (not verified), 10/17/2008 - 1:52pm
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open-ended

christopher, very nice work. i rather like the subtlety of your images, the way the spaces define those who have shaped and populated them. it would be nice to see a follow up to this series once gitmo is closed. unlike, the previous commentator, i think a compare and contrast scenario with a terrorist training camp would be insipid. the fact that you have an opinion that is so quietly stated is a wonderful event to witness. i hope to see more of your work in the future.

Wow...thank you

These are amazing photographs; they draw me in and make me want to learn more, and have educated me as well.  The American "visual propaganda" that I noticed in your photos was hauntingly like the Communist propaganda that appears all over Cuba...ironic, to say the least!

  • Posted by Anonymous (not verified), 04/14/2009 - 8:12am
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AMAZING

Really, really moving work. I am moved by the violence under the surface of these images, and also by the idea of these photographs filling in gaps of an archive that does not yet exisit. Thank you for your important work.

  • Posted by Shannon Johnstone (not verified), 10/06/2009 - 12:34pm
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I think this is an ambitious

I think this is an ambitious project but I'm disappointed that the photographs are not very good. It feels rushed. Why not a better camera? Why not better framing? Why not a few unusual vantage points? He's photographing static objects so it isn't like there was no time. The images and the voice over are screaming for some originality. Some vision or voice that is Mr. Sims'. Also, and I think this is very important: Mr. Sims mentions working as an archivist at the Holocaust Museum. It isn't a good idea for him to compare the images (or lack there of) from the Holocaust to his trip to Guantanamo. There really is no comparison to be made and it feels forced and ends up trivializing both the Holocaust and Guantanamo.
  • Posted by Lilly (not verified), 10/19/2009 - 9:59am
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