--- title: Wider Reading for War Photographer | KS4 Teaching Resource description: Notes to support the study of the poem War Photographer, by Carol Ann Duffy, in the AQA Power and Conflict cluster of poems. 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It offers an alternative perspective of sorts. The text itself, taken from chapter six of the book [Meditations for Mortals](https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456705/meditations-for-mortals-by-burkeman-oliver/9781847927613), by Oliver Burkeman, is an essay that explores the importance of accepting the limitations of our ability to both pay attention and make a meaningful difference to the world around us.  ![Screenshot 2025-01-04 at 10.10.08](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-01-04%20at%2010.10.08.jpeg?width=750&height=324&name=Screenshot%202025-01-04%20at%2010.10.08.jpeg) The essay spans three pages, but that’s largely because I’ve been quite generous with the spacing and margins. 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