In order to be able to go to the front independently of 'tours' organized expressly for foreign journalists, one had to agree not to send any photos abroad...As for me, I wanted to break down censorship and barriers, to show really what the battlefields looked like before they had been tidied up for official pictures.
To gain access to the front unaccompanied by pre-arranged tours for foreign correspondents, an individual had to agree not to send photographs outside the country. For me, this was about dismantling censorship and breaking down barriers to reveal the true state of battlefields before they were sanitized for official photography.