ADDARIO, Lynsey
IT’S WHAT I DO: A PHOTOGRAPHER’S LIFE OF LOVE AND WAR
“War photographer Lynsey Addario’s memoir is the story of how the relentless pursuit of truth, in virtually every major theater of war in the twenty-first century, has shaped her life. What she does, with clarity, beauty, and candor, is to document, often in their most extreme moments, the complex lives of others.” (Source: Penguin Press)
Published 2015
London: Penguin Press
AZOULAY, Ariella
CIVIL CONTRACT OF PHOTOGRAPHY
“Ariella Azoulay thoroughly revises our understanding of the ethical status of photography. It must, she insists, be understood in its inseparability from the many catastrophes of recent history. She argues that photography is a particular set of relations between individuals and the powers that govern them and, at the same time, a form of relations among equals that constrains that power.” (Source: Zone Books)
Published 2012
New York: Zone Books
BUTLER, Judith
FRAMES OF WAR: WHEN IS LIFE GRIEVABLE?
“In this urgent response to violence, racism and increasingly aggressive methods of coercion, Judith Butler explores the media’s portrayal of armed conflict, a process integral to how the West prosecutes its wars. In doing so, she calls for a reconceptualization of the left, one united in opposition and resistance to the illegitimate and arbitrary effects of interventionist military action.” (Source: Verso Books)
Published 2009
New York: Verso Books
CHAPELLE, Dickey
WHAT’S A WOMAN DOING HERE? A COMBAT REPORTER’S REPORT ON HERSELF
This is a memoir of Dicky Chapelle’s life as an American combat photographer during the Second World War and Vietnam War.
“Dickey Chapelle’s adventures have given her a deep insight into the American fighting man and his counterpart the world over. […] As a reporter she has accepted assignments that would give a brave man pause. She has done so not because she loves danger or violence, but because as a woman she has always sought the truth.” (Source: William Morrow & Company)
Published 1962
New York: William Morrow & Company
FEINSTEIN, Anthony
JOURNALISTS UNDER FIRE: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS OF COVERING WAR
“As journalists in Iraq and other hot spots around the world continue to face harrowing dangers and personal threats, neuropsychiatrist Anthony Feinstein offers a timely and important exploration into the psychological damage of those who, armed only with pen, tape recorder, or camera, bear witness to horror. Based on a series of recent studies investigating the emotional impact of war on the profession, Journalists under Fire breaks new ground in the study of trauma-related disorders.” (Source: John Hopkins University Press)
Published 2006
Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press
FROMM, Karen / GREIF, Sophia / STEMMLER, Anna
IMAGES IN CONFLICT / BILDER IM KONFLIKT
“Photographic and filmic images of situations of crisis and conflict change in terms of aesthetics and applications, thereby becoming targets themselves. On the one hand, image producers and the distribution channels for images have multiplied in the course of digital developments. […] On the other hand, these changes are associated with an upheaval of classical photojournalistic self-perception. […] In the realm of claims to truth, they move among authenticity, objectivity and propaganda. Their contextualisation and framing create meanings and require reflection. Images in Conflict / Bilder im Konflikt is devoted to the relationship between conflicts and their mediatisation; it focuses on current visualisation strategies and ‘image wars’.” (Source: Jonas Verlag)
Published 2018
Weimar: Jonas Verlag
HOWE, Peter
SHOOTING UNDER FIRE: THE WORLD OF THE WAR PHOTOGRAPHER
“In this volume, ten leading combat photographers relate incidents of horror, humor, bravery, and daring in locations from Vietnam to Haiti, Ramallah to Chechnya, El Salvador to Sarajevo, the World Trade Center to Afghanistan. Here, in their own words, are their stories of life in the combat zone, together with many of the powerful images they risked their lives to obtain.” (Source: Workman Publishing)
Published 2002
New York: Workman Publishing
HUFFMANN, Alan
HERE I AM: THE STORY OF TIM HETHERINGTON, WAR PHOTOGRAPHER
“In Here I Am, journalist Alan Huffman recounts Hetherington’s life: his first interests in photography; his critical role in reporting the Liberian Civil War; and his tragic death in Libya. Huffman also traces Hetherington’s photographic milestones, from his prize-winning photographs of Liberian children to the celebrated portraits of sleeping U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.” (Source: Grove Press)
Published 2014
New York: Grove Press
KAMBER, Michael
PHOTOJOURNALISTS ON WAR: THE UNTOLD STORIES FROM IRAQ
“With visceral, previously unpublished photographs and eyewitness accounts from the front lines, three dozen of the world’s leading photojournalists reveal the inside and untold stories of the Iraq war in this groundbreaking oral history.” (Source: University of Texas Press)
Published 2013
Austin: University of Texas Press
KENNEDY, Liam / PATRICK, Caitlin
THE VIOLENCE OF THE IMAGE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
“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’.” (Source: Routledge)
Published 2014
London: Routledge
LINFIELD, Susie
THE CRUEL RADIANCE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE
“Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images—and learning to see the people in them—is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes the human capacity for cruelty.” (Source: University of Chicago Press)
Published 2012
Chicago: University of Chicago Press
LUYENDIJK, Joris
HELLO EVERYBODY! ONE JOURNALIST’S SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN THE MIDDLE EAST
“As a correspondent he is privy to the multitude of narratives with conflicting implications, yet again and again the media favours those stories that will confirm and reinforce the oversimplified beliefs of the West. Hello Everybody! Is a story of disillusionment and enlightenment, by turns hilarious and despairing, but most importantly it is a powerful wake up call to the way the media gives us a filtered and manipulated version of reality in the Middle East.” (Source: Profile Books)
Published 2010
London: Profile Books
MARINOVICH, Greg / SILVA, Joao
THE BANG-BANG CLUB: SNAPSHOTS FROM A HIDDEN WAR
“The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four young photographers who covered the last years of apartheid, taking many of the photographs that encapsulate the final years of white South Africa. […] This book will be by the two surviving members of the group, telling the story of four remarkable young men, the stresses and tensions of working as a war photographer, the relationships between them and the story of the end of apartheid.” (Source: Arrow Books)
Published 2001
London: Arrow Books
MASSÉ, Mark H.
TRAUMA JOURNALISM: ON DEADLINE IN HARM’S WAY
“Through narratives about major traumatic events (Oklahoma City bombing, Columbine school tragedy, 9/11, Iraq War, the South Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina), students and working reporters will gain insights into the critical components of contemporary journalism practices affecting news judgment, news gathering techniques, as well as legal and ethical issues. Trauma Journalism calls for the creation–through ongoing education – of a culture of caring among journalists worldwide.” (Source: Continuum)
Published 2011
New York: Continuum
MCCULLIN, Don
UNREASONABLE BEHAVIOUR: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
“From the construction of the Berlin Wall through every major conflict of his adult lifetime up to the Syrian Civil War, photographer Don McCullin has left a trail of iconic images. […] Harrowing and poignant, Unreasonable Behavior is an extraordinary account of a witness who triumphed over the memories that could have destroyed him.” (Source: Vintage Books)
Published 2002
New York: Vintage Books
MICHELS, Will / TUCKER, Anne Wilkes / ZELT, Natalie
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: IMAGES OF ARMED CONFLICT AND ITS AFTERMATH
“War/Photography surveys both iconic and newly discovered photographs of war and conflict, from daguerreotypes documenting the Crimean and American Civil Wars to digital images made by soldiers in 21st-century Iraq. […] The featured works represent a range of perspectives—from journalists to soldiers to ordinary citizens—and span six continents, yet together they communicate the consummate experience of war: its brutality, humanity, and even humor. The book’s essays investigate the immediate impact, dissemination, and historical influence of war photography.” (Source: Yale University Press)
Published 2012
New Haven: Yale University Press
MOELLER, Susan D.
SHOOTING WAR: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE OF COMBAT
“Chronicles the changing American perceptions of war, outlining the criteria for truly meaningful photographs and interviewing renowned war photographers, who detail their experiences, their emotions, and their quests for the perfect shot.” (Source: Basic Books)
Published 1989
New York: Basic Books
PALMER, Lindsay
BECOMING THE STORY: WAR CORRESPONDENTS SINCE 9/11
“Merging analysis with in-depth interviews of Woodruff and others, Palmer shows what these events say about how post-9/11 conflicts transformed the day-to-day labor of reporting. But they also illuminate how journalists’ work became entangled with issues ranging from digitization processes to unprecedented hostility from all sides to the political logic of the War on Terror.” (Source: Unversity of Illinois Press)
Published 2018
University of Illinois Press
RITCHIN, Fred
AFTER PHOTOGRAPHY
“From photos of news events taken on cell phones to the widespread use of image surveillance, digital media has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information. Simultaneously, the increased manipulation of photographs has made photography suspect as reliable documentation, raising questions about its role in recounting personal and public histories.” (Source: W. W. Norton)
Published 2008
New York: W. W. Norton
RITCHIN, Fred
BENDING THE FRAME: PHOTOJOURNALISM, DOCUMENTARY, AND THE CITIZEN
“Ritchin intends his discussion–which ranges across new media but also includes uses of video as well as a wide range of books and exhibitions–to provide critical tools with which to approach the various efforts of today’s visual (and “citizen”) journalists and documentary photographers. He also examines the historical uses of photography and related media to inspire social change, the better to pose the critical question that lies at the heart of his book: How can images promote new thinking and make a difference in the world?” (Source: Aperture)
Published 2013
New York: Aperture
SONTAG, Susan
ON PHOTOGRAPHY
“A collection of acclaimed essays explores the aesthetic and moral problems raised by the presence and authority of the photographic image in modern-day life, considers the relation of photography to art, conscience, and knowledge, and examines the works of major photographers.” (Source: PICADOR)
Published 2001
London: PICADOR
SONTAG, Susan
REGARDING THE PAIN OF OTHERS
“From Goya’s Disasters of War to news footage and photographs of the conflicts in Vietnam, Rwanda and Bosnia, pictures have been charged with inspiring dissent, fostering violence or instilling apathy in us, the viewer. Regarding the Pain of Others will alter our thinking not only about the uses and meanings of images, but about the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience.”(Source: Penguin Press)
Published 2004
London: Penguin Press
WALSH, Lauren
CONVERSATIONS ON CONFLICT PHOTOGRAPHY
“Conversations on Conflict Photography invites readers to think through [the genre’s ostensible goals and its effects] via conversations with award-winning photographers, as well as leading photo editors and key representatives of the major human rights and humanitarian organizations. Framed by critical-historical essays, these dialogues explore the complexities and ethical dilemmas of this line of work.” (Source: Routledge)
Published 2019
London: Routledge
WEIZMAN, Eyal
FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE: VIOLENCE AT THE THRESHOLD OF DETECTABILITY
“Beyond shedding new light on human rights violations and state crimes across the globe, Forensic Architecture has also created a new form of investigative practice that bears its name. The group uses architecture as an optical device to investigate armed conflicts and environmental destruction, as well as to cross-reference a variety of evidence sources, such as new media, remote sensing, material analysis, witness testimony, and crowd-sourcing.” (Source: Zone Books)
Published 2017
New York: Zone Books
ZELIZER, Barbie
ABOUT TO DIE: HOW NEWS IMAGES MOVE THE PUBLIC
“When an image depicts complex, ambiguous, or controversial events–terrorist attacks, wars, political assassinations–its ability to influence perception can prove deeply unsettling. […] Through a survey of a century of photojournalism, including close analysis of over sixty photos, About to Die provides a framework and vocabulary for understanding the news imagery that so profoundly shapes our view of the world.” (Source: Oxford University Press)
Published 2010
New York: Oxford University Press