| Description |
237 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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still image sti rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Images of Conviction : the Construction of Visual Evidence held at LE BAL, Paris, 4 June to 30 August, 2015; The Photographer's Gallery, London, 2 October, 2015 to 10 January, 2016; and Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, 22 May to 28 August, 2016. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The image of truth : photographic evidence and the power of analogy / Jennifer L. Mnookin -- 1903: Alphonse Bertillon : metric photography of crime scenes / Luce Lebart -- 1903: Rodolphe A. Reiss : traces, marks, prints : revealing details invisible to the naked eye / Luce Lebart -- 1902-39: The man of the shroud : the 'first crime photograph' / Luce Lebart -- 1914: War seen from above : before and after bombing / Anthony Petiteau -- 1937-38: The great terror in the USSR : portraits of the victims of a state crime / Tomasz Kizny -- 1945: The Nuremberg Trials : confronting the Nazis with the images of their crimes / Christian Delage -- 1985: Mengele's skull : 'the trial of the bones' / Thomas Keenan and Eyal Weizman -- 1992: The destruction of Koreme, Iraqi Kurdistan : mapping mass graves / Eric Stover -- 2009: The Gaza book of destruction : 'a verification of building-destruction resulting from attacks by the Israeli Occupation' / Eyal Weizman -- 2013: A drone strike in Miranshah : investigating video-testimony / Eyal Weizman -- Forensic Architecture -- 1945-2014: Bedouin land claims in the Negev Desert : history at the threshold of detectability / Eyal Weizman -- Notes on forensis / Eyal Weizman. |
| Summary |
This book examines the way experts, researchers and historians produce images as evidence in instances of crimes or acts of violence suffered by individuals or groups. |
| Language |
Translation of: Images à charge : la construction de la preuve par l'image, OCLC number 913819436. |
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In English, translated from French. |
| Subject |
Evidence, Criminal -- Europe -- Exhibitions.
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Legal photography -- Europe -- Exhibitions.
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Documentary photography -- 20th century.
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Documentary photography -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Dufour, Diane, editor.
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Delage, Christian, author.
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Keenan, Thomas, 1959- author.
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Kizny, Tomasz, 1958- author.
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Lebart, Luce, author.
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Mnookin, Jennifer L, author.
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Petiteau, Anthony, author.
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Stover, Eric, author.
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Weizman, Eyal, author.
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Bal (Art organization : Paris, France), issuing body, host institution.
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Photographers' Gallery, host institution.
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Nederlands fotomuseum, host institution.
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| Added Title |
Container of (expression): Images à charge. English
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| ISBN |
9782365110839 (hardback) |
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2365110835 (hardback) |
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