The Camera at War: 170 years of weaponizing photography

By: Hilary Roberts

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Synopsis: It is said that the first casualty of war is truth. But in the arena of war photography, the truth is never simple.Drawing on an incredible range of imagery from the Imperial War Museum's vast collection and other major archives around the globe, expert curator Hilary Roberts presents a new perspective on the role of image manipulation in this field over the past 170 years,exploring the consequences for our understanding of historic and contemporary conflicts. From the staged scenes and hand-coloured Daguerreotypes of the Crimean War at the very beginning of conflict photography to the AI-generated protest and propaganda imagery of today, Roberts explores the myriad ways in which layers of meaning can be added, erased or changed completely. As The Camera at War so powerfully reveals, sometimes this has been done in order to present a closer approximation of the truth, and sometimes for the causes of national morale, subterfuge and control of the winning narrative.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781781579664
Related ISBNs:: 9781781579657
Publisher:: Octopus
Date of Addition:: 10/23/25
Copyrighted By:: Estate of Alberto Korda/Adagp, Paris and DACS, London
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Communication
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.