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By: Brandan

Brandan — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:44:12 +0000

Bravo, bravo, bravo!!!!!
Tengo los pelos de punta.

Incredible work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A lot of impressive images here!!!!

You are such a talented photographer.

Many thanks for sharing this!!!!!!!!!

By: bob black

bob black — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:56:06 +0000

re-reading: my ‘too short’ comment is in NO WAY a criticism of this work, but more about my need as a photographer/reader to HUNGER for more of these and more of the stories…that becomes even that much more powerful when looking at work this sustained and this intelligent and powerful…!…but not at all a criticism of either Max or the Burn presentation here…ok, off the subway…

By: bob black

bob black — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:52:56 +0000

short comment (by bobblack standards as i’m operating without power at home, and typing on a friends ipad on the way to school)…

powerful and fully statured work!

My only lament is that this essay was only 25 images….i felt like i was just getting started, and I mean that in the most complimentary, needful way. this is powerful narrative documentary at its finest and even its its seemingly truncated form, the movement we experience from image #1 to image #25 is a powerful visual and visceral experience. The level of journalism so high, that I want even more and I want even more of the stories of the people (the child, the blind man, the Wellesian man in the flashlight shadow, the nurse, all those singular portraits, i want to know even more, see more.And I hope Max too can explore all those missing women, who become in many ways the voice here for me because of their absence…

congratulations Max and congratulations to Burn for sharing.

will wait eagerly, as Max’s work on Pakistan continues….

By: Frostfrog

Frostfrog — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:35:57 +0000

Nothing I can add to all of the above but to second it all – superb and important work, Massimo Berruti!

Stay safe.

By: Mike R

Mike R — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:16:03 +0000

Looks like you answered your own question, Jim. Time moves on and this story, over time, may prove to be an unfolding of important history and an addition to the visual documentation of the region.

Mike.

By: Jeff Hladun

Jeff Hladun — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:54:00 +0000

So many strong images. I respond best to those that look like Caravaggio’s Deposition of Christ as filtered through Picasso’s Guernica. Hard compositionally throughout the frame; close-up; tight.

Emotional, passionate, angry and enlightening. Bravo!

By: Jim Powers

Jim Powers — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:38:53 +0000

Talented photographer. Don’t know about still another photo story on Pakistan, though. Pakistan certainly serves as a warning to the U.S. of what happens when wealth is concentrated at the top. A picture of our future (or perhaps present)?

By: John R. Fulton Jr.

John R. Fulton Jr. — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:07:02 +0000

By: Mike R

Mike R — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:05:11 +0000

A very powerful essay about a region of global significance. Excellent and brave photography here. The subject matter is complex and mull-layered. Here we have a country able to feed itself but which, instead, has widespread poverty and is armed with nuclear weaponry. Add the affects of Taliban dominance in the north with continuing drone strikes and you have a volatile mix. This essay gives more than a glimpse of the situation in Pakistan. I would like to see more of the “wealth more and more concentrated in the hands of a few” but this is by no means a criticism and I look forward to seeing more from Massimo in the future. Photograph 16 shows the importance of captions. Look at the photograph and you probably think “Taliban”. Only when you read the caption do you get a more complete understanding.
Congratulations and thank you, Massimo.

Mike.

By: marcin luczkowski

marcin luczkowski — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:06:56 +0000

This is essay hard to discuss about. Pure, highest level for jurnalistic photography.

By: John Vink

John Vink — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:46:50 +0000

I’d say: it’s about time to see this here… :-) Cranks up the quality one more notch… Can’t wait to see the next things he comes up with…

By: Imants

Imants — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:04:45 +0000

One of the better narratives seen here for a while there is enough variety in the individual images to retain interest …………. yep Pakistan a place where male dominance is obvious.