Linfield, Susie.

The cruel radiance : photography and political violence / Susie Linfield. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2010. - xviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: The Black book -- Polemics -- A little history of photography criticism; or, Why do photography critics hate photography? -- Photojournalism and human rights: the calamity of the Kodak -- Places -- Warsaw, Łódź, Auschwitz: in the waiting room of death -- China: from Malraux's dignity to the Red Guards' shame -- Sierra Leone: beyond the sorrow and the pity -- Abu Ghraib and the jihad: the dance of civilizations -- People -- Robert Capa: the optimist -- James Nachtwey: the catastrophist -- Gilles Peress: the skeptic.

ISBN: 9780226482507 (alk. paper) 0226482502 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010013705

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Documentary photography.
Political violence in mass media.
Violence--Press coverage.
Photographic criticism.

LC Class. No.: TR820.5 / .L55 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 070.4/9