| Afterimages: Photography and U.S. Foreign Policy Contributor(s): Kennedy, Liam (Author) |
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ISBN: 022633726X ISBN-13: 9780226337265 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $47.52 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General - History | United States - 20th Century - Photography | Photojournalism |
| Dewey: 779 |
| LCCN: 2015020156 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 2005, photographer Chris Hondros captured a striking image of a young Iraqi girl in the aftermath of the killing of her parents by American soldiers. The shot stunned the world and has since become iconic--comparable to the infamous photo by Nick Ut of a Vietnamese girl running from a napalm attack. Both images serve as microcosms for their respective conflicts. Afterimages looks at the work of war photographers like Hondros and Ut to understand how photojournalism interacts with the American worldview. Liam Kennedy here maps the evolving relations between the American way of war and photographic coverage of it. Organized in its first section around key US military actions over the last fifty years, the book then moves on to examine how photographers engaged with these conflicts on wider ethical and political grounds, and finally on to the genre of photojournalism itself. Illustrated throughout with examples of the photographs being considered, Afterimages argues that photographs are important means for critical reflection on war, violence, and human rights. It goes on to analyze the high ethical, sociopolitical, and legalistic value we place on the still image's ability to bear witness and stimulate action. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kennedy, Liam: - Liam Kennedy is professor of American studies and director of the Clinton Institute for American Studies at University College Dublin. |