Images of conviction : the construction of visual evidence / editor, Diane Dufour ; contributors, Christian Delage ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dufour, Diane.

Delage, Christian.

Bal (Art organization : Paris, France)

Photographers' Gallery.

Nederlands fotomuseum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary photography--Exhibitions.

Documentary photography.

Documentary photography--20th century--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

237 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : Le Bal : Éditions Xavier Barral, [2015]

Summary:

What can really be learned from an image? Since its origins, how has photography built itself up within a discourse of truth? The book and eponymous exhibition respond to these questions through eleven cases of images produced by experts, researchers and historians. Whether it be the famous shots of the Shroud of Turin, the legal photographs perfected by Alphonse Bertillon, the first aerial images of the front taken by the army during World War I, the images from the Nuremberg trial, or photos taken with cell phones testifying to the damage of drone strikes on theatres of war in Afghanistan or Israel: forensic images are now part of any police or political investigation. Exhibition at LE BAL, Paris,through August 30, 2015, followed by London and Rotterdam.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at LE BAL, Paris, June 4-August 30, 2015; The Photographers' Gallery, London, October 2, 2015-January 10, 2016; Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, May 22-August 28, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9782365110839

2365110835

OCLC:

918831303