Sale!
25% Off

    Photography and War

    1781.000

    1 in stock


    AuthorPippa Oldfield
    ISBN9781789141450
    Published LanguageEnglish
    Publication Year2019
    PublisherReaktion Books
    BindingPaperback
    Original Price£22.5
    Pages216
    Ships By2-3 days
    SKU: RB-52 Category:

    Description

    There are countless books on war photography, most of these focusing on dramatic images made by photojournalists in combat zones. Photography and War instead proposes a radically expanded notion of war photography, one that encompasses a far broader terrain of geographies, chronologies, practices and viewpoints. Pippa Oldfied considers photography?s fundamental role in military reconnaissance, propaganda and protest, exposure of war crimes, and the memorialisation of war, among other themes. While iconic images by well-known names such as Roger Fenton and Robert Capa are included, the viewpoints of people who have historically been overlooked – women and photographers from diasporic and non-Western backgrounds – are forcefully present. As a result, this book offers a nuanced and more inclusive understanding of war as a far-reaching undertaking in which anyone might be implicated and affected. Richly illustrated, with some photos published for the first time, this book offers an accessible and well-rounded introduction to photography?s perhaps most contested, complex and emotive subject.

    About the author
    Pippa Oldfield is a historian and photography curator who has worked on many exhibitions on the theme of photography and war. She is Head of Programme at Impressions Gallery in Bradford, Honorary Research Fellow at Durham University, and Visiting Research Fellow at University of Leeds.

    Additional information

    Dimensions19 × 22 cm
    Author

    ISBN

    Published Language

    Publisher

    Pages

    216

    Ships By

    2-3 days