War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath - Hardcover

Tucker, Anne Wilkes; Michels, Will; Zelt, Natalie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300177380 ISBN 13: 9780300177381

Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2012

Synopsis

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. Accompanying a landmark exhibition opening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, it is generously illustrated with over 525 powerful images and includes texts by some of today's most important scholars of war photography. This ambitious book offers a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between photography and armed conflict.

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Wilkes Tucker is the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, Will Michels is collections photographer, and Natalie Zelt is curatorial assistant in photography, all at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Review:

“Looking at the topic from all possible angles, from Matthew Brady to Simon Norfolk, it’s exhaustive, harrowing, brilliant and essential: one of the year’s most important books.”―Vince Aletti, Photograph (Vince Aletti Photograph)

Winner of the 2013 Kraszna-Krausz Awards in the Best Photography Book category. (Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards Kraszna-Krausz Foundation 2013-06-11)

“The catalog boasts an impressive list of legendary conflict photographers, going as far back to Roger Fenton and Alexander Gardner in the 1800s to more contemporary names like Don McCullin, James Nachtwey and Carolyn Cole.”―NPR
(NPR)

“. . . a massive and important book.”―caa.reviews (caa.reviews)

About this edition

• Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Houston
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0300177380
• ISBN 13: 9780300177381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 612