[ecrea] New Book: Picturing Afghanistan: The Photography of Foreign Conflict

New Book: Picturing Afghanistan: The Photography of Foreign Conflict (Paul
Verschueren)

This is an in-depth account of the Euro-American visualization of the
conflict in Afghanistan. Comparing images in public affairs, psychological
warfare, journalism and the photo-book, the author argues that there are no
strong boundaries between photography in war and photography about war. He
shows how and when the media have adopted, extended and counter-framed the
public affairs discourse of militarism and humanitarianism, and how and
when public affairs rely on the aesthetic codes of photojournalism. Instead
of enforcing a unified interpretation, the author considers photography=92s
ambiguous and contradictory aspects. It is argued that, even within the
conventionalized genre of photojournalism, photographs of conflict do not
merely promote unity and social cohesion but express anxieties associated
with the breakdown of imagined communities.

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgments. INTRODUCTION. Photographs and Frames.
Photography and Theory. The Concept of the Frame. Using Social Semiotics
for Frame Analysis. The Photojournalistic Register and Genre. Visual and
Textual Frames. Two Examples. Example 1: The Spirit of Berlin. Example 2:
The Kabul-Kandahar Road. Notes. OFFICIAL U.S. VIEWS. Photography and
Propaganda. A Soldier=92s Story. Paper Bullets. The White Man=92s Burden.
Photo-Texts In/About War. Notes. WESTERN EUROPEAN PRESS VIEWS. Photography
and the News. Initial Responses Across the Atlantic. The Framing of
Combatants and Technologies. Visualizing Leadership in Wartime. Home Fronts
in a Globalized World. Refugees: Threatened and Dangerous. The Civilian
Body as Battleground. Photography and Info-Graphics. Invisible Afghanistan.
Notes. The PHOTO-BOOK. Photography and the Documentary Tradition. War as
Quest. Dystopian Landscapes. The Photo Studio as Heterotopia. The Otherness
of War. Notes. Conclusion. References. List of Illustrations. Author Index.
Subject Index.

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