Picturing the Western Front: Photography, Practices and Experiences in First World War France

Author:   Dr Beatriz Pichel
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
ISBN:  

9781526151902


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   25 May 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Picturing the Western Front: Photography, Practices and Experiences in First World War France


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Between 1914 and 1918, military, press and amateur photographers produced thousands of pictures. Classified in archives, collected in personal albums and circulated in illustrated magazines, photographs were supposed to tell the story of the war. This book argues that photographic practices also shaped combatants and civilians' war experiences. -- .

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Author:   Dr Beatriz Pichel
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9781526151902


ISBN 10:   1526151901
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   25 May 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Recording. The photographic archive of the war 2. Feeling. Private, Official and Press Photography as Emotional Practices 3. Embodying. The multiple meanings of the body of the combatant, the mutilated and the dead 4. Placing. Imaginative geographies, photography and the sense of place 5. Making visible and invisible Conclusions Bibliography List of primary sources Index -- .

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'Likely to mark a significant turning point in how photographs are used and viewed as historical sources. [...] Dr Pichel has opened up a new dynamic way of thinking about photography in terms of emotion, relationships and the rituals of photographic practices.' James Downs, Photographica World Magazine (April 2022) -- .


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Beatriz Pichel is Senior Lecturer in Photographic History at De Montfort University

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