Afterimages: Photography and U.S. Foreign Policy

by Liam Kennedy

In 2005, photographer Chris Hondros captured a striking image of a young Iraqi girl in the aftermath of the killing of her parents by American soldiers. The shot stunned the world and has since become iconic--comparable to the infamous photo by Nick Ut of a Vietnamese girl running from a napalm attack. Both images serve as microcosms for their respective conflicts. Afterimages looks at the work of war photographers like Hondros and Ut to understand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022633726X
• ISBN13: 9780226337265
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"