Photography as Activism

<p>This fully revised and updated second edition of <i>Photography as Activism</i> is both a study of activist photography and a call to action. It offers students and documentary photographers insights into the theory history philosophy and practice of photography as activism.</p><p>The book is lavishly illustrated with 85 key historical and contemporary images. Chapters have been revised to include contemporary ideas about representation gaze agency and decolonizing the camera as well as an expanded history that includes work from the global South and the civil rights movements in the US. A new fourth chapter focuses on activist practices that go beyond traditional reportage. It features 19 new interviews and updates on the original interviews. Photographers talk about their practices the challenges they face in the twenty-first century advice on working with NGOs and non-profits and how to form partnerships to expand the dissemination of their work.</p><p><i>Photography as Activism</i> is an essential text for courses on documentary and photojournalism and those that explore art as social change more broadly but also a call to action for young photographers to pick up their cameras and advocate for change.</p>