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Police Pictures

The Photograph As Evidence

Police Pictures( )
Author: Phillips, Sandra S.
Squiers, Carol
ISBN:978-0-8118-1984-8
Publication Date:Nov 1997
Publisher:Chronicle Books LLC
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.95
Book Description:

From pictures of Lincoln's assassins to Weegee's blood-drenched murder victims, this book explores both the manipulation of images and the policing function of photography. Published in conjunction with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art fall 1997 exhibition, Police Pictures challenges the ability of image to represent truth.

Book Details
Pages:144
Detailed Subjects: Photography / Forensic
Social Science / Criminology
Photography / Criticism
Political Science / Law Enforcement
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.91 x 10.93 x 0.61 Inches
Book Weight:1.76 Pounds
Author Biography
Phillips, Sandra S. (Author)
Carol Squiers is a writer, editor and curator who lives in New York City. Currently senior editor of American Photo magazine and regular contributor to Artforum, She has written for a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Village Voice, Art in America, and Aperture. She is a contributor to a number of books, including Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You (1999), Sandy Skoglund: Reality Under Seige (1998), Police Pictures: The Photographs as Evidence (1997), and The Contest of Meaning (1990). She is the editor of The Critical Image: Essays on Contemporary Photography (1990) and Overexposed: Essays on Contemporary Photography (2000). Between 1980 and 1984 she was curator of photography at PS 1, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York.

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