Humanitarian Photography - A History (Hardcover)

For well over a century, humanitarians and their organizations have used photographic imagery and the latest media technologies to raise public awareness and funds to alleviate human suffering. This volume examines the historical evolution of what we today call 'humanitarian photography' - the mobilization of photography in the service of humanitarian initiatives across state boundaries - and asks how we can account for the shift from the fitful and debated use of photography for humanitarian purposes in the late nineteenth century to our current situation in which photographers market themselves as 'humanitarian photographers'. This book investigates how humanitarian photography emerged and how it operated in diverse political, institutional, and social contexts, bringing together more than a dozen scholars working on the history of humanitarianism, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations, and visual culture in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Human Rights in History
Release date:	February 2015
Editors:	Heide Fehrenbach • Davide Rodogno
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	366
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-06470-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-06470-8
Barcode:	9781107064706

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