"The Face of Our Wartime" by Sharon Sliwinski

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The Face of Our Wartime

Photography and Culture (2015)

Sharon Sliwinski

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Abstract

This paper considers a turn toward portraiture amongst contemporary photojournalists who have covered the War on Terror. A series of wartime faces is examined in order to consider the way prolonged conflict flattens our visual landscape.

Keywords

war,
portraiture,
photography,
war on terror,
face politics

Disciplines

Photography,
Political Theory and
Theory and Criticism

Publication Date

2015

Citation Information

Sharon Sliwinski. "The Face of Our Wartime" Photography and Culture Vol. 8 Iss. 2 (2015) p. 233 - 241
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sharon_sliwinski/22/