Author:
Linfield, Susie.
Imprint:Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Descriptionxviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Preface: The Black book -- Polemics -- A little history of photography criticism; or, Why do photography critics hate photography? -- Photojournalism and human rights: the calamity of the Kodak -- Places -- Warsaw, Lódz, Auschwitz: in the waiting room of death -- China: from Malraux's dignity to the Red Guards' shame -- Sierra Leone: beyond the sorrow and the pity -- Abu Ghraib and the jihad: the dance of civilizations -- People -- Robert Capa: the optimist -- James Nachtwey: the catastrophist -- Gilles Peress: the skeptic.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries
