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The cruel radiance, photography and political violence, Susie Linfield

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The cruel radiance, photography and political violence, Susie Linfield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The cruel radiance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

587198954

Responsibility statement

Susie Linfield

Sub title

photography and political violence

Table Of Contents

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, Loda, 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

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