Hilary Roberts

Gebundenes Buch

The Camera at War

170 Years of Weaponising Photography

Beschreibung

Drawing on an incredible archive of historic and contemporary imagery, former Imperial War Museum photo curator Hilary Roberts charts over 170 years of photographic manipulation in the causes of national morale, subterfuge and control of the winning narrative.

Autor

Hilary Roberts is an independent curator of photography. She joined the Imperial War Museum's (IWM) Photograph Archive as a junior curator in 1980. As the Archive's Head Curator (1996-2013), she oversaw the development of IWM's photographic collections and the Archive's transition to digital photography, before moving to a research role. A specialist in the history and practice of conflict photography, Hilary has numerous broadcasts, publications and exhibitions to her name, including IWM's highly praised trilogy of exhibitions Don McCullin: Shaped by War (2010-2012), Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War (2012) and Lee Miller: A Woman's War (2015-2016). Hilary was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Award for Curatorship in 2017.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Octopus Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 292mm x 231mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1450g
• ISBN-13: 9781781579657
• ISBN-10: 1781579652
• Artikelnr.: 72005671