The Violence of the Image - Photography and International Conflict

Photography has visualized international relations and conflicts from the midnineteenth century onwards and continues to be an important medium in framing the worlds of distant, suffering others. Although photojournalism has been challenged in recent decades, claims that it is dead are premature. The Violence of the Image examines the roles of image producers and the functions of photographic imagery in the documentation of wars, violent conflicts and human rights issues; tackling controversial ideas such as 'witnessing', the making of appeals based on displays of human suffering and the much-cited concept of 'compassion fatigue'. In the twenty-first century, the advent of digital photography, camera phones and socialmedia platforms has altered the relationship between photographers, the medium and the audience- as well as contributing to an ongoing blurring of the boundaries between news and entertainment and professional and amateur journalism. The Violence of the Image explores how new vernacular and artistic modes of photographic production articulate international friction.This innovative, timely book makes a major contribution to discussions about the power of the image in conflict.

Product details

• Authors: Liam Kennedy, Liam Patrick Kennedy, Caitlin Patrick
• Assisted by: Liam Kennedy (Editor), Liam (Bloomsbury author Kennedy (Editor), Liam (University College Dublin Kennedy (Editor), Caitlin Patrick (Editor), Caitlin (Christopher J. Patrick Patrick (Editor), Patrick Caitlin (Editor)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2014
• EAN: 9781780767888
• ISBN: 978-1-78076-788-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: International Library of Visual Culture; International Library of Visua; International Library of Visual Culture; International Library of Visua
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, Armed Conflict, Photographic reportage, Photojournalism and documentary photography, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General