War/photography : images of armed conflict and its aftermath / Anne Wilkes Tucker and Will Michels with Natalie Zelt ; with contributions by Jeffrey Wm. Hunt [and others].

"More than 480 images illustrate the relationship between photography and war, showing the experience of armed conflict through the eyes of photographers across two centuries and six continents"--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tucker, Anne
Corporate Author: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Other Authors: Michels, Will, Zelt, Natalie, Hunt, Jeffrey Wm. (Jeffrey William), 1962-
Language:English
Published: Houston : New Haven : Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Distributed by Yale University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
War photography > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions.
War in art > Exhibitions.
Pictorial works.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:606 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm
Variant Title:
War / photography.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • War photographers: a special breed? / Hilary Roberts
  • Part 1: Seeing eye to eye: the changing ways and means by which photographers' images have reached the public eye / Natalie Zelt ; Media coverage and dissemination ; The advent of war ; Recruitment and embarkation ; Training ; The "terrible reality" of the first living-room wars / John Stauffer.
  • Part 2: Daily routine ; Reconnaissance, resistance, and sabotage ; Patrol and troop movement ; The wait ; German snapshots from World War I: Personal pictures, political implications / Bodo Von Dewitz.
  • Part 3: The fight ; Rescue ; Aftermath: Shell shock, exhaustion ; Death ; Grief and battlefield burials and memorials ; Destruction of property ; Executions ; Iwo Jima ; Perspectives on images of armed conflict-an interview with Hilary Roberts and Jeffrey Wm Hunt.
  • Part 4: Leisure time ; Support ; Prisoners of war and interrogations ; Medicine: Wartime medicine ; Medicine subsequent to war ; Faith.
  • Part 5: Portraits of war: a photographer's perspective / Will Michels ; Portraits ; Photographic essays ; Civilians: Civilian daily life ; Civilian dead and wounded ; Civilian grief ; Refugees ; Children ; Soldier photography: visualizing the war in Iraq / Liam Kennedy.
  • Part 6: War's end: victory and defeat ; Retribution ; Homecoming ; Memorials ; Remembrance.