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War is beautiful
The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict
Book • 2015
David Shields examines over a decade of front-page war photos from The New York Times, from the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, revealing how the paper's photo-editing process selects pretty, heroic, and lavishly aesthetic images that desensitize readers to the violence of war.
By curating these images into thematic sections such as Nature, Love, and Beauty, Shields indicts the media's complicity in promoting dubious military campaigns and forces readers to confront their own passivity.
The book highlights how digital culture, color photography, and embedding practices have transformed war imagery into artful filters rather than raw documentary journalism.
By curating these images into thematic sections such as Nature, Love, and Beauty, Shields indicts the media's complicity in promoting dubious military campaigns and forces readers to confront their own passivity.
The book highlights how digital culture, color photography, and embedding practices have transformed war imagery into artful filters rather than raw documentary journalism.
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Catherine Lutz
The REAL costs of America's wars | GOING DEEP with Catherine Lutz
