No Caption Needed - Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Robert Hariman is professor of communication at Northwestern University and the author of Political Style: The Artistry of Power . Klappentext In "No Caption Needed," Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites provide the definitive study of the iconic photograph as a dynamic form of public art. Their critical analyses of nine individual icons explore the photographs themselves and their subsequent circulation through an astonishing array of media, including stamps, posters, billboards, editorial cartoons, TV shows, Web pages, tattoos, and more. Iconic images are revealed as models of visual eloquence, signposts for collective memory, means of persuasion across the political spectrum, and a crucial resource for critical reflection. Arguing against the conventional belief that visual images short-circuit rational deliberation and radical critique, Hariman and Lucaites make a bold case for the value of visual imagery in a liberal-democratic society. "No Caption Needed" is a compelling demonstration of photojournalism's vital contribution to public life. Zusammenfassung Provides a definitive study of the iconic photograph as a dynamic form of public art. In this title! iconic images are revealed as models of visual eloquence! signposts for collective memory! means of persuasion across the political spectrum! and a crucial resource for critical reflection.

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• Authors: Robert Hariman, Robert Lucaites Hariman, Robert/ Lucaites Hariman, Hariman Robert, John Louis Lucaites, John Louis Hariman Lucaites, Lucaites John Louis
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2011
• EAN: 9780226316123
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31612-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; USA, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, Press & journalism, United States of America, USA, News media and journalism, Photographic reportage, Photojournalism and documentary photography