Title: The Photographer
Author: Emmanuel Guibert and Didier Lefevre
Colorist: Frederic Lemercier
ISBN: 978-1-59643-375-5
Publisher: First Second
Copyright Date: 2009
Genre: Graphic Novel
Reading Level/Interest Age: 15-18
Plot Summary: A graphic novel that follows a photographer, a reporter and a group from Doctor’s Without Borders on a mission across a dangerous Afghanistan in order to treat the wounded and sick Afghani people.
Critical Evaluation: This book was a great introduction to someone who isn’t an avid reader of graphic novels. I appreciated how well the text and illustrations/photographs worked together to tell this group’s story. In some cases, a touch of humor or side story is shared only by reading the small captions in the illustrations and isn’t actually provided in the text of the story. Because of this, I felt like I had to examine each illustration and photograph closely – so as not to miss anything.
Reader's Annotation: A glimpse into a Doctor's Without Borders mission into Afghanistan.
Booktalking Ideas: War, Bravery, Health, Photography
Why did you include this book: This graphic novel is so creatively illustrated with strips of comic book style illustrations and real footage from Guibert’s trip. The black and white photographs are poignant and in some cases mildly disturbing adding an element of realism that the text couldn’t provide alone.
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