Title: War/photography : images of armed conflict and its aftermath /
Authors: Tucker, Anne; Michels, Will.; Zelt, Natalie.; Michels, Will,; Zelt, Natalie,; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Distributed by Yale University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: War photography; War; War photography Exhibitions.; War Pictorial works.
Abstract: "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"--
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.