Title: Photography as power
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 Taking into account published and unpublished images from professional photographers such as Letizia Battaglia, Tano D'Amico and Mario Cresci and non-professional photographers, art.
Subjects: Photography, History, Politics and government, Photographie, Aspect politique, Histoire, Politique et gouvernement, COMPUTERS, Digital Media, Reference, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Imaging Systems, Political aspects
Places: Italy, Italie
Time periods: 1870-, 19th century, 20th century, 19e siècle, 20e siècle