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Informationen zum Autor Fred Ritchin is professor and associate chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University¿s Tisch School of the Arts, and codirects the Photography and Human Rights Program at NYU with the Magnum Foundation. He is also director and cofounder of PixelPress, which works with humanitarian groups to develop visual projects dealing with social justice issues. Ritchin has written for Aperture, Le Monde, the New York Times, and the Village Voice, and authored several books, including the prescient In Our Own Image: The Coming Revolution in Photography (Aperture, 1990, 2000) and the more recent After Photography (2009) and Bending the Frame (2013). Klappentext Examines the historical and contemporary uses of photography and related media to inspire social change. Zusammenfassung The older paradigm for photojournalists was to simply record events! with the hope-and frequently the expectation-that people and their governments would be moved to respond to the injustices pictured; as witnessed by the impact of certain images during the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War. Given evolving media and political climates! however! including the billions of images now available online from all kinds of sources! the purpose and effectiveness of media! in particular of visual journalism! has been called into question. Bending the Frame: Photojournalism! Documentary! and Citzenship! by author and critic Fred Ritchin! addresses the new and emerging potentials for visual media to impact society. Ritchin examines the historical and contemporary uses of photography and related media to inspire social change. From the unintended consequences of "citizen journalism" and leaked images such as those from Abu Ghraib! to the new strategies by visual journalists and the targeted human rights projects by documentary photographers! the intention of this book is to provide a much-needed critical approach to the issues involved in such efforts. Also encompassing online efforts! uses of video! and a diverse range of books and exhibitions! Bending the Frame aims for as wide-ranging and farreaching a discussion as possible! asking the critical question: how can images promote new thinking and make a difference in the world? ...
