Rhetorical exposures : confrontation and contradiction in US social documentary photography /

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Documentary photography aims to capture the material reality of life. In Rhetorical Exposures, Christopher Carter demonstrates how the creation and display of documentary photographs- often now called " imagetexts"--Both invite analysis and raise persistent questions about the political an...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Carter, Christopher, 1974- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Collection:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Sujets:
Photojournalists > United States.
Photography > Social aspects > United States > History.
Documentary photography > United States > History.
Photographes de presse > États-Unis.
Photographie > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Photographie documentaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Documentary photography
Photography > Social aspects
Photojournalists
Social conditions
United States > Social conditions.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
United States
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Documentary photography aims to capture the material reality of life. In Rhetorical Exposures, Christopher Carter demonstrates how the creation and display of documentary photographs- often now called " imagetexts"--Both invite analysis and raise persistent questions about the political and social causes for the bleak scenes of poverty and distress captured on film. Carter' s carefully reasoned monograph examines both formal qualities of composition and the historical contexts of the production and display of documentary photographs. In Rhetorical Exposures, Carter explores Jacob Riis' s hear
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xv, 199 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817388102
0817388109

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