Beautiful suffering : photography and the traffic in pain /
Reinhardt, Mark,
Beautiful suffering : photography and the traffic in pain / Mark Reinhardt, Holly Edwards, Erina Dugganne, eds. ; essays by Mark Reinhardt [and others]. - 115, xiv pages, 59 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm
"This book is issued in conjunction with the exhibition Beautiful suffering : photography and the traffic in pain, held at the Williams College Museum of Art, January 28-April 30, 2006"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Traffic in pain / Picturing violence : aesthetics and the anxiety of critique / A genealogy of orthodox documentary / Photography after the fact / Cover to cover : the life cycle of an image in contemporary visual culture / The pain of images / Plates. Mark Reinhardt and Holly Edwards -- Mark Reinhardt -- John Stomberg -- Erina Duganne -- Holly Edwards -- Mieke Bal --
"Drawing on works from photojournalism, advertising, and contemporary art, Beautiful Suffering features reproductions of all the pieces in the Williams College Museum of Art exhibition of the same name. These images include portrayals of Abu Ghraib prisoners, refugees, and casualties of war, as well as damaged landscapes, assorted forms of self-portraiture, and even suffering that has been digitally fabricated or staged in the artist's studio. This diverse collection is framed by five critical essays that engage the works themselves as well as the larger questions the exhibition confronted."--BOOK JACKET.
0226709507 9780226709505
2006035000
Documentary photography--Exhibitions
Suffering in art--Exhibitions
Photographic criticism--Exhibitions
TR820.5 / .B43 2007
779.092
Beautiful suffering : photography and the traffic in pain / Mark Reinhardt, Holly Edwards, Erina Dugganne, eds. ; essays by Mark Reinhardt [and others]. - 115, xiv pages, 59 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm
"This book is issued in conjunction with the exhibition Beautiful suffering : photography and the traffic in pain, held at the Williams College Museum of Art, January 28-April 30, 2006"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Traffic in pain / Picturing violence : aesthetics and the anxiety of critique / A genealogy of orthodox documentary / Photography after the fact / Cover to cover : the life cycle of an image in contemporary visual culture / The pain of images / Plates. Mark Reinhardt and Holly Edwards -- Mark Reinhardt -- John Stomberg -- Erina Duganne -- Holly Edwards -- Mieke Bal --
"Drawing on works from photojournalism, advertising, and contemporary art, Beautiful Suffering features reproductions of all the pieces in the Williams College Museum of Art exhibition of the same name. These images include portrayals of Abu Ghraib prisoners, refugees, and casualties of war, as well as damaged landscapes, assorted forms of self-portraiture, and even suffering that has been digitally fabricated or staged in the artist's studio. This diverse collection is framed by five critical essays that engage the works themselves as well as the larger questions the exhibition confronted."--BOOK JACKET.
0226709507 9780226709505
2006035000
Documentary photography--Exhibitions
Suffering in art--Exhibitions
Photographic criticism--Exhibitions
TR820.5 / .B43 2007
779.092