| Description |
606 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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still image sti rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"This catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 11, 2012-February 3, 2013"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"More than 480 images illustrate the relationship between photography and war, showing the experience of armed conflict through the eyes of photographers across two centuries and six continents"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
War photographers : a special breed? / Hilary Roberts -- Seeing eye to eye : the changing ways and means by which photographers' images have reached the public eye / Natalie Zelt -- Media coverage and dissemination -- The advent of war -- Recruitment and embarkation -- Training -- The "terrible reality" of the first living-room wars / John Stauffer -- Daily routine -- Reconnaissance, resistance, and sabotage -- Patrol and troop movement -- The wait -- German snapshots from World War I : personal pictures, political implications / Bodo Von Dewitz -- The fight -- Rescue -- Aftermath : Shell shock, exhaustion ; Death ; Grief and battlefield burials and memorials ; Destruction of property -- Executions -- Iwo Jima -- Perspectives on images of armed conflict : an interview with Hilary Roberts and Jeffrey Wm. Hunt -- Leisure time -- Support -- Prisoners of war and interrogations -- Medicine : Wartime medicine ; Medicine subsequent to war -- Faith -- Portraits of war : a photographer's perspective / Will Michels -- Portraits -- Photographic essays -- Civilians : Civilian daily life ; Civilian dead and wounded ; Civilian grief -- Refugees -- Children -- Soldier photography : visualizing the war in Iraq / Liam Kennedy -- War's end : Victory and defeat ; Retribution ; Homecoming ; Memorials ; Remembrance. |
| Subject |
War photography -- Exhibitions.
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War -- Pictorial works.
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War. (OCoLC)fst01170328
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War photography. (OCoLC)fst01170549
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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| Added Author |
Michels, Will, author.
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Zelt, Natalie, author.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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| Added Title |
Images of armed conflict and its aftermath |
| ISBN |
9780300177381 (hardcover) |
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0300177380 (hardcover) |
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