Photography as power
Subtitle: dominance and resistance through the italian lens
By: edited by Marco Andreani and Nicoletta Pazzaglia
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781527524880; 9781527518124
Subjects: Photography; History; Politics and government; Photographie; Aspect politique; Histoire; Politique et gouvernement; COMPUTERS; Digital Media; PHOTOGRAPHY; Reference; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Imaging Systems; Political aspects
Description: Enriched with an introduction by David Forgacs, this book explores the complex relationship between photography and power in its various manifestations in Italian history throughout the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. How did the Italian state employ the medium of photography as an instrument of dominance? In which ways has photography been used as a critical medium to resist hegemonic discourses? Taking into account published and unpublished images from professional photographers such as Letizia Battaglia, Tano D'Amico and Mario Cresci and non-professional photographers, art.