The Civil Contract of Photography

by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking work, Ariella Azoulay thoroughly revises our understanding of the ethical status of photography. It must, she insists, be understood in its inseparability from the many catastrophes of recent history. She argues that photography is a particular set of relations between individuals and the powers that govern them and, at the same time, a form of relations among equals that constrains that power. Anyone, even a stateless person,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890951897
• ISBN13: 9781890951894
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 586 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher