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The face of war : New Zealand's Great War photography / Sandy Callister.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Callister, Sandy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War photography--New Zealand.
- War photography.
- World War, 1914-1918--Photography.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--New Zealand--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1914-1918--New Zealand--Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An authoritative history of combat photography and its cultural, emotional, and memorial roles, this collection is the first to examine the vernacular photos of World War I taken by its New Zealand participants. The book discusses how photography was used to capture and narrate, memorialize and observe, romanticize and bear witness to the experiences of New Zealanders at home and abroad. The first to argue for the importance of New Zealand photography to the history of war, this overview examines in depth the contradictions of war photography, as a site of
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Mine Eyes Have Seen': Picturing the First World War; One: Photographing History: The Forms and Idioms of New Zealand's War Photography; Two: Gallipoli: Visual Traces and Interpretative Possibilities; Three: The 'Off-camera' Effect: Photography and the Western Front; Four: Stabat Mater Dolorosa: Death, Photography and Collective Mourning; Five: 'Broken Gargoyles': Photographic Representation of Severely Wounded New Zealand Soldiers; Six: 'Forbear to Cry': Presence/Absence in New Zealand Family Albums of the First World War
- Epilogue: The Afterlife of War PhotographyNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-144) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-86940-645-1
- 1-77558-642-1
- OCLC:
- 863823817
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