iWITNESS Hardcover – November 2, 2004

Great photos, really enjoy this book. Bought it used luckily mine came in good condition.

The condition of this "like new" book is appalling. The front cover is scuffed and the edge is wrinkled where it must have been dropped. Both covers are curved, so it won't lie flat. The packaging was undamaged so it had to have been in this condition before it was sent. That I had to pay full "new" price for it is a scandal. Unfortunately I could not find another copy for sale so I am stuck with this one as the remembrance of the photographer whose work is showcased within. He was my friend, recently deceased.

Powerful book to generate compassion towards living beings.

This is an outstanding documentation of humanitarian crises by one of the world's best photojournalists. Stoddart's photos are truly moving - yet never sensational. Rather they reveal to us the quiet dignity of the human spirit in some of the most atrocious situations possible, famine, floods, ethnic cleansing, war, earthquakes etc. In all of his pictures it is the human spirit which shines through. It's impossible to look at these pictures passively, and difficult at times not to be moved to tears.This book is a call for us to heighten our awareness of what's happening in the world today, away from cosy armchairs and the madness of, and obsession with 'celebrity culture', to shake off our 'compassion fatigue' and take action while we still have some consciousness to prevent and alleviate such suffering. How can we live in the same world as these pictures and not want to do something to improve our common human journey?Buy it as soon as you can, and share it!

great book thats helps to put our problems into perspective and understand how fortunate we are.

A powerful and insightful retelling of one photojournalist's remarkable work. Humane, moving and inspirational. Essential.

very good