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Griffiths' photographs often portray a sharp sense of irony. This book includes photographs from around the world, including Northern Ireland and Vietnam.

"Documentary photographers explore the crucial issues and events of our time. Building on the traditions and passions of their predecessors, they are devising new strategies to address the obstacles and opportunities created by rapid media changes and intensified cross-cultural contact. Witness in Our Time traces the recent history of social documentary photography in the words of twenty-two of the genre's best photographers, editors, and curators,...

"In Photography as Activism, Michelle Bogre discusses the philosophy and history of photography's role in social reform. Beginning with the invention of the camera, she traces the earliest instances of photographic activism through to today's emerging practices, profiling the most prominent activists of their time and their legendary images. Also profiled are contemporary photographer activists, including Jonathan Torgovnik. A photograph from Torgovnik's...

"Milton Rogovin: The Making of a Social Documentary Photographer chronicles his life and reveals the man behind the photographs. This illustrated retrospective features Rogovin's own narrative of his development and life as a documentary photographer, amplified by an account of the historical events and circumstances that shaped his politics and social consciousness. Milton Rogovin has dedicated his life's work to enabling people to see more clearly."--Jacket....

Acclaimed master photographer Larry Fink's behind-the-scenes photographs from the world of fashion and couture have graced the pages of America's top beauty, style, and literary magazines (W, GQ, Detour, The New Yorker), and his inimitable take on the biz has resulted in special commissions by the likes of Gianni Versace, Isaac Mizrahi, and Donna Karan. The seemingly surreptitiously captured dioramas in "Runway" of Fashion Week, special collection...