Afterimages : Photography and U.S. Foreign Policy / Liam Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Liam, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photojournalism--United States--History--20th century.

Photojournalism.

Photojournalism--Europe--History--20th century.

War photography--United States--History--20th century.

War photography.

War photography--Europe--History--20th century.

United States--History, Military--20th century--Pictorial works.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2005, photographer Chris Hondros captured a striking image of a young Iraqi girl in the aftermath of the killing of her parents by American soldiers. The shot stunned the world and has since become iconic-comparable to the infamous photo by Nick Ut of a Vietnamese girl running from a napalm attack. Both images serve as microcosms for their respective conflicts. Afterimages looks at the work of war photographers like Hondros and Ut to understand how photojournalism interacts with the American worldview. Liam Kennedy here maps the evolving relations between the American way of war and photographic coverage of it. Organized in its first section around key US military actions over the last fifty years, the book then moves on to examine how photographers engaged with these conflicts on wider ethical and political grounds, and finally on to the genre of photojournalism itself. Illustrated throughout with examples of the photographs being considered, Afterimages argues that photographs are important means for critical reflection on war, violence, and human rights. It goes on to analyze the high ethical, sociopolitical, and legalistic value we place on the still image's ability to bear witness and stimulate action.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Illustrations

Introduction: "Follow the Americans"

1 Compassion and Critique: Vietnam

2 Pictures from Revolutions: Iran, Nicaragua, El Salvador

3 Unseen Wars and Humanitarian Visions: Somalia, the Gulf, the Balkans

4 Visualizing the War on Terror: Afghanistan, Iraq, the United States

Conclusion: The Costs of War

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226337432

022633743X

OCLC:

939262322