While the filter of time and familiarity, the abstraction of black - and - white
photography, and the softer focus and smaller scale of earlier photographic processes have made these images less shocking, they
remain commanding in terms of formal
qualities and content.
Never straying from the aesthetic
quality of their work, whether it is Harsono's beautifully designed armatures, Lay's exquisitely engineered
photography, or Lê's poignant inquiries, the larger issues about capturing the impact of inhumanity on the artists» people
remained enormous and paramount.