“Documentary photography has amassed mountains of evidence. And yet... the genre has simultaneously contributed much to spectacle, to retinal excitation, to voyeurism, to terror, envy and nostalgia, and only a little to the critical understanding of the social world.” WorldLittlesSocialUnderstandingMountainPhotographyEvidenceTerrorCriticalEnvyNostalgiaGenreDocumentariesDocumentary Photography Book:Dismal science: photo works, 1972-1996 Source: Dismal science: photo works, 1972-1996
“How does photography serve to legitimate and normalize existing power relationships? ... How is historical and social memory preserved, transformed, restricted and obliterated by photographs?” DoeSocialMemoriesPhotographyHistoricalPhotographTransformedPower Relationships Book:Fish story Source: Fish story
