Adatto Picture Perfect

Life in the Age of the Photo Op - New Edition
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2455-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

We say the camera doesn't lie, but we also know that pictures distort and deceive. In Picture Perfect, Kiku Adatto brilliantly examines the use and abuse of images today. Ranging from family albums to Facebook, political campaigns to popular movies, images of war to pictures of protest. Adatto reveals how the line between the person and the pose, the real and the fake, news and entertainment is increasingly blurred. New technologies make it easier than ever to capture, manipulate, and spread images. But even in the age of the Internet, we still seek authentic pictures and believe in the camera's promise to document, witness, and interpret our lives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adatto, Kiku

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Fotojournalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

INTRODUCTION: The Age of the Photo Op 1

CHAPTER 1: Picture Perfect 41

CHAPTER 2: Photo-Op Politics 67

CHAPTER 3: Contesting Control of the Picture 106

CHAPTER 4: Exposed Images 141

CHAPTER 5: Mythic Pictures and Movie Heroes 187

CHAPTER 6: The Person and the Pose 243

Notes 263

Index 279

Über Autor(innen)

Kiku Adatto is a Scholar in Residence at Harvard University's Humanities Center. Her writings on culture, politics, and the media have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, the New Republicand the Huffington Post.