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An exploration of how our sense of politics, morality and culture is affected when we are exposed to gruesome images of accidents and disasters, murder and execution, grief and death. The author argues that documentary photography, for all the horror it reproduces, ultimately defines a democracy.

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"His work is insightful and provocative, linking ideas from a number of disciplines while he asks readers to consider the moral and ethical frameworks within which decisions are made about the publciation of disturbing photos." -Journal of Mass Media Ethics

Body Horror Photojournalism Catastrophe and War Critical Image Hardcover

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: 9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780814782392, 978-0814782392
      ISBN10: 0814782396
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      Book Synopsis
      An exploration of how our sense of politics, morality and culture is affected when we are exposed to gruesome images of accidents and disasters, murder and execution, grief and death. The author argues that documentary photography, for all the horror it reproduces, ultimately defines a democracy.

      Trade Review
      "His work is insightful and provocative, linking ideas from a number of disciplines while he asks readers to consider the moral and ethical frameworks within which decisions are made about the publciation of disturbing photos." -Journal of Mass Media Ethics

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