The cruel radiance : photography and political violence /

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by Linfield, Susie.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : The University of Chicago Press, (Chicago :) Physical details: xviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject(s): Documentary photography. | Political violence in mass media. | Violence --Press coverage. | Photographic criticism. Year : 2010 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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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.