War/photography : images of armed conflict and its aftermath
Tucker, Anne2012
Book
"More than 480 images illustrate the relationship between photography and war, showing the experience of armed conflict through the eyes of photographers across two centuries and six continents"--
Main title:
War/photography : images of armed conflict and its aftermath / Anne Wilkes Tucker and Will Michels with Natalie Zelt ; With contributions by Jeffrey Wm. Hunt ... [et al.].
Imprint:
Houston : Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2012.
Collation:
606 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm.
Notes:
"This catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 11, 2012-February 3, 2013"--T.p. verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
War photographers: a special breed? / Hilary Roberts -- Part 1: Seeing eye to eye: the changing ways and means by which photographers' images have reached the public eye / Natalie Zelt ; Media coverage and dissemination ; The advent of war ; Recruitment and embarkation ; Training ; The "terrible reality" of the first living-room wars / John Stauffer. -- Part 2: Daily routine ; Reconnaissance, resistance, and sabotage ; Patrol and troop movement ; The wait ; German snapshots from World War I: Personal pictures, political implications / Bodo Von Dewitz. -- Part 3: The fight ; Rescue ; Aftermath: Shell shock, exhaustion ; Death ; Grief and battlefield burials and memorials ; Destruction of property ; Executions ; Iwo Jima ; Perspectives on images of armed conflict-an interview with Hilary Roberts and Jeffrey Wm Hunt. -- Part 4: Leisure time ; Support ; Prisoners of war and interrogations ; Medicine: Wartime medicine ; Medicine subsequent to war ; Faith. -- Part 5: Portraits of war: a photographer's perspective / Will Michels ; Portraits ; Photographic essays ; Civilians: Civilian daily life ; Civilian dead and wounded ; Civilian grief ; Refugees ; Children ; Soldier photography: visualizing the war in Iraq / Liam Kennedy. -- Part 6: War's end: victory and defeat ; Retribution ; Homecoming ; Memorials ; Remembrance.
ISBN:
0300177380 (hbk)9780300177381 (hbk)
Dewey class:
779.092
LC class:
TR820.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
130913
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Art and Culture | ARTS 779.092 TUCK | Available |