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Engaged observers, documentary photography since the sixties, Brett Abbott

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Brett Abbott

documentary photography since the sixties

Overview: In the decades following World War II, an independently minded, critically engaged form of photojournalism began to flourish. It was not destined for the morning papers or exclusively for newsmagazines, and it did not attempt to be neutral. This kind of photojournalism was self-assigned. It declared its independence from the mainstream media's editorial control, and it was disseminated to the public through books, exhibitions, articles, and, more recently, the Web. Engaged Observers focuses on nine photographers who have participated in the development of this documentary approach. Surveyed are Leonard Freed (Black in White America), Philip Jones Griffiths (Vietnam Inc.), W. Eugene Smith (Minamata), Susan Meiselas (Nicaragua: June 1978-July 1979), Mary Ellen Mark (Streetwise), Larry Towell (The Mennonites), Sebastiao Salgado (Migrations), Lauren Greenfield (Girl Culture), and James Nachtwey ("The Sacrifice"). Each section opens with an introductory essay that sets the work in its evolving historical context

Foreword / David Bomford -- Acknowledgments / Brett Abbott -- Engaged observers in context / Brett Abbott -- Photographers -- Black in white America / Leonard Freed -- Vietnam Inc / Philip Jones Griffiths -- Minamata / W Eugene and Aileen M Smith --Nicaragua, June 1978-July 1979 / Susan Meiselas -- Streetwise / Mary Ellen Mark -- Fast forward and girl culture / Lauren Greenfield -- Mennonites / Larry Towell -- Migrations / Sebastiao Salgado -- Sacrifice / James Nachtwey -- Plate list -- Illustration credits -- Index

Documentary photography since the sixties