Documentary photography and social change

Author

Murray, Ross

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Photoresearcher. 1990, Num. 1, p. 24-33, 3 ill.

ISSN

0958-2606

Abstract (en)

Explores the nature of documentary photography and its ability to aid the process of social reform. Discusses examples of works by British and American photographers, 19th-20th cs., including Hill and Adamson, Jacob Riis, Eugene Smith, and Philip Jones Griffiths.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Photography
• Documentary photography
• Society
• Great Britain
• United States
• 1800-2000
• Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870
• Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848
• Riis, Jacob August, 1849-1914
• Smith, W. Eugene, 1918-1978
• Griffiths, Philip Jones, 1936-2008
• Photography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie
• Photographie documentaire
• Société
• Grande-Bretagne
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-2000
• Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870
• Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848
• Riis, Jacob August, 1849-1914
• Smith, W. Eugene, 1918-1978
• Griffiths, Philip Jones, 1936-2008
• Photographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00423160

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