The Public Image: Photography and Civic Spectatorship

by Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites

Even as the media environment has changed dramatically in recent years, one thing at least remains true: photographs are everywhere. From professional news photos to smartphone selfies, images have become part of the fabric of modern life. And that may be the problem. Even as photography bears witness, it provokes anxieties about fraudulent representation; even as it evokes compassion, it prompts anxieties about excessive exposure. Parents and pundits...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022634293X
• ISBN13: 9780226342931
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"