Photography As Activism : Images for Social Change / Michelle Bogre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bogre, Michelle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary photography.

Photography--Social aspects.

Photography.

Photography--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2025]

Summary:

This fully revised and updated second edition of Photography as Activism is both a study of activist photography, and a call to action. It offers students and documentary photographers insights into the theory, history, philosophy and practice of photography as activism.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Endorsements

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Introduction

Chapter One Activism: Philosophy and Psychology

Equality and Justice

Conversation with Omar Imam

Focus on Solutions

Pursuing Long-Term Projects

Conversation with Donna Ferrato

Conversation with Sim Chi Yin

What Is Documentary?

Truth, Representation, and Postmodern Criticism

Controversy: Jonas Bendiksen and The Book of Veles

Insider/Outsider: Who Should Photograph Whom?

Conversation with Nicky Quamina-Woo

Visual Coloniality

Conversation with Mark Sealy

Representation, Agency, and Authorship

Conversation with Bayeté Ross Smith

Beyond Awareness: Images with Impact

Conversation with Mathieu Asselin

Chapter Two History and Social Reform

History: Early Activism, Social Reform, and the Progressive Era

Hill and Adamson

Activism Expanded: United Kingdom

America: Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, and Frances B. Johnston

Farm Security Administration

Controversy: Dorothea Lange and the Migrant Mother

Mid- to Late Twentieth Century

Conversation with Paz Errázuriz

Civil Rights and New Narratives

Martin Luther King to Black Lives Matter

Defining the Photo Essay

W. Eugene Smith

Mary Ellen Mark

Stephen Shames

Susan Meiselas

Sebastião Salgado

Conversation with Tom Stoddart

Chinese Activist Photography

Environmental Activism

Conversation with Michael O. Snyder

Participatory Photography

Conversation with Robin Hammond

Conversation with Anthony Luvera

Chapter Three Awareness to Impact

Conflict and Its Aftermath

Conversation with Jonathan Torgovnik

Conversation with Marcus Bleasdale

Conversation with Stephen Dupont

Conversation with Eugene Richards

Visualizing the Invisible.

Conversation with Ilvy Njiokiktjien

Conversation with Kiana Hayeri

Conversation with Frédéric Noy

Conversation with Brent Stirton

Conversation with Ed Kashi

Conversation with Greg Constantine

Chapter Four New Directions

Fazal Sheikh

Pushing the Edges of Documentary

Conversation with Laura El-Tantawy

Conversation with Poulimi Basu

America, Power Structures, and the Deep State

Conversation with Debi Cornwall

Conversation with Edmund Clark

Conversation with Lewis Bush

Conversation with Jan Banning

Appendix Resources

Spaces, Publications, Educational Organizations, and Websites

Non-profits, Organizations, and NGOs

Miscellaneous Projects

Foundations, Grants, and Awards

Festivals and Events

Agencies and Collectives

Archives

Photographers

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"A Focal Press book" -- cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781040050071

1040050077

9781040050064

1040050069

OCLC:

1428541114