The Cruel Radiance – Susie Linfield

mickyates Books, Cambodia, CambodiaFMP, ContextualResearch, Critical Research Journal, Ethics, Genocide, Ideas, Photography, PositionsPractice, PPWeek8, Quotes Leave a Comment

I just read The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political violence, by Susie Linfield (University of Chicago Press, 2010), and found it totally fascinating. Essentially, Linfield challenges the idea that photography of political violence exploits the subject and panders to the viewer’s voyeuristic tendencies. The book could be the most important that I read during my recent Masters program in helping …