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Kennedy, Liam; Patrick, Caitlin
2014, 2014-07-23, 2020-09-13, Volume: 15eBook
Photography has visualized international relations and conflicts from the midnineteenth century onwards and continues to be an important medium in framing the worlds of distant, suffering others. Although photojournalism has been challenged in recent decades, claims that it is dead are premature. The Violence of the Image examines the roles of image producers and the functions of photographic imagery in the documentation of wars, violent conflicts and human rights issues; tackling controversial ideas such as witnessing, the making of appeals based on displays of human suffering and the much-cited concept of compassion fatigue.
