'Distant Wars Visible' brings a new perspective to the enduring question about the efficacy of conflict photography and other forms of visual advocacy. In the twenty-first century, visuality has been a pivotal technology in the United States' militaristic pursuit of its national…
Janina Struk has traced and studied thousands of soldiers' images, and 'Private Pictures' follows this unacknowledged genre of photography from the origins of popular photography at the time of the Boer War to the digital age.
Soldiers have taken photographs of war and its atrocities for more than 100 years. This title traces this unacknowledged genre of photography since the origins of popular photography in the Boer War. It discusses how the images have been used and asks what effect might the wider…
Janina Struk has traced and studied thousands of soldiers' images, and 'Private Pictures' follows this unacknowledged genre of photography from the origins of popular photography at the time of the Boer War to the digital age.
Snapshots taken by American soldiers of Iraqi prisoners stripped naked, humiliated and tortured shocked the world in 2004 and more have followed from the conflict in Afghanistan, but whether the public have been horrified by the soldiers' conduct or the fact they have taken pict…
Janina Struk has traced and studied thousands of soldiers' images, and 'Private Pictures' follows this unacknowledged genre of photography from the origins of popular photography at the time of the Boer War to the digital age.
Snapshots taken by American soldiers of Iraqi prisoners stripped naked, humiliated and tortured shocked the world in 2004 and more have followed from the conflict in Afghanistan, but whether the public have been horrified by the soldiers' conduct or the fact they have taken pict…
In the trenches with combat photographer Stacy Pearsall.