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Images of War
INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND:
From the Civil War to the current War with Iraq, photographic images have
played a
major role in how we perceive what is happening. On this web site, we offer some of
the still photos taken by photographers in
Iraq: some have been published in newspapers
and online, some have not. (In addition, you will find resources related
to previous
wars)
As students review these photographs, they should keep in
mind the following questions:
- who took the photograph and for what purpose?
- who/what is being shown? not shown? why or why not?
- how might the current conflict restrict a photographer?
- are war photographers free to go where they want or are they accompanied by
military personnel?
- how might the "embedding" of news gathers help/restrict our understanding?
- how might a specific photo be used to sway public opinion?
- has your local newspaper shown pictures of people injured or killed? If not,
why not?
| See also: Grisly News Photos; Helping Kids Cope With Images; Images of War Dead; Torture Photos; War Reporting/Resources; Visual Literacy. |
| Reuters | AFP | |
| Newscom | Rex | |
| BBC News | Fox News Photo Essays | |
| Newsweek | CBS News |
To locate the latest photos: go to http://news.yahoo.com
In the toolbar, pull down NEWS PHOTOS; next search for "Israel" or"Lebanon"
and
"war"
War Poster Parody 1
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Other Sources of Images from the War with Iraq
Background Readings/Resources
Images of War: Combat
Photography (1918-1971)
War In Iraq:
Coordinates Of Conflict (photographic exhibit)
Militia's
Other Weapons: Videos (8/24)
Terrorists'
visual warfare uses the media as weapon (8/4)
War
on Film (PBS: Art In The 21st Century)
Shock
value: Horror of terrorism playing on home TV screens
War Photography's Power Page
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Digital
camera exposes wartime brutality
Photo
Wars (Mother Jones, May 2004) Torture
Photos
Photographer fired for taking photos
of solider's caskets/controversy (4/23)
U.S.,
media fight battle of images
White House ban on photographs of slain soldiers questioned
by many.
Still Photos Capture The War's
Real Deal
Photoshopping
from the Front Lines
LA
Times Admits War Photographer Altered Image AP
Story
American Photography: Photography & War (PBS)
Lesson: "To Censor or Not To Censor? The Power of War Photos"
In this lesson students analyze photographs of a particular
20th century war and debate government censorship of photos
taken during wartime.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/teachersguide/war_parent.html
The
Spanish-American war, in Motion Pictures
Journalists
at War
Military
Censorship of War Photographs
War Photographer Warns of Censorship, Challenges
Committee to Project Journalists
Critically
Viewing Photographs: Civil War, Lesson Plan
Images of War
(Civil War) Lesson Plan
Links to other war images:
| Civil War Images | World War I images | World War II images | Vietnam War images |
| Spanish Am War images | Korean War images | Gulf War images |
Recommended Texts/Videos
Hollywood Goes to War:
How Politics, Profits and Propaganda Shaped World
War II Movies
Cameras on the Battlefield- Photos of War (Middle School)
BOLDPRINT Images of War
(High School)
Faces
of The Enemy (video)
(available from California Newsreel)
Memories of WWII: Photographs from the
Archives of the AP
(2004) ISBN: 0810950138
Civil War Photographers and Their Work: Portraits of War
Twenty First Century Books (1998) ISBN: 0-7613-3019-4
Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer, Peter
Howe,
Publisher: Arisan Sales; ISBN: 1579652158
Page last updated: 03/20/2008