Capturing Glaciers: A History of Repeat Photography and Global Warming

by Dani Inkpen

Book Overview

Explores the photography of climate change

Photographs do not simply speak for themselves. Their meanings are built through interpretive frameworks that shift over time. Today, photographs of receding glaciers are one of the most well recognized visualizations of human-caused climate change. These images, captured through repeat photography, have become effective with an unambiguous message: global warming is happening, and it is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295752025
• ISBN13: 9780295752020
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher