Rhetorical Exposures : Confrontation and Contradiction in US Social Documentary Photography.
Carter, Christopher.
Rhetorical Exposures : Confrontation and Contradiction in US Social Documentary Photography. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (216 pages) - Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique Series . - Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Writing with Light: Jacob Riis's Ambivalent Exposures -- 2. Let Us Now Praise Manly Men: The Antidocumentary Heroics of James Agee and Walker Evans -- 3. Picturing Capital: Ted Streshinsky's Travels in "Revolutionary" California -- 4. The Rhetoric of Ruins: Walking with Walter Benjamin and Camilo José Vergara -- 5. Keeping Watch: Immersion in Post-Katrina Visual Culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
9780817388102
Documentary photography-United States-History.
Photography-Social aspects-United States-History.
Photojournalists-United States.
United States-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
TR820
070.4/9
Rhetorical Exposures : Confrontation and Contradiction in US Social Documentary Photography. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (216 pages) - Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique Series . - Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Writing with Light: Jacob Riis's Ambivalent Exposures -- 2. Let Us Now Praise Manly Men: The Antidocumentary Heroics of James Agee and Walker Evans -- 3. Picturing Capital: Ted Streshinsky's Travels in "Revolutionary" California -- 4. The Rhetoric of Ruins: Walking with Walter Benjamin and Camilo José Vergara -- 5. Keeping Watch: Immersion in Post-Katrina Visual Culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
9780817388102
Documentary photography-United States-History.
Photography-Social aspects-United States-History.
Photojournalists-United States.
United States-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
TR820
070.4/9