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Doing Documentary Work (New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities) Book

Robert Coles, a child psychiatrist whose series of books on children won him a Pulitzer Prize, has turned his watchful eye to the nature of the documentary and produced a thought-provoking book. In somewhat the manner of James Faris's recent study, Navajo and Photography, Coles reveals how documentarians like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans edited and cropped their images to produce a desired effect, and raises the question of authenticity versus manipulation. Lange, the subject of a previous biographical study by Coles, comes under close scrutiny as he contrasts her iconic image of a migrant mother with obscure photographs shot moments earlier. The author also recalls James Agee's self-critical appraisal of his and Evans's "insensitivity" and "arrogance" in pursuing an editorial assignment.Read More

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  • Product Description

    In this thought-provoking volume, renowned child psychiatrist Robert Coles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Children in Crisis, offers a penetrating look into the nature of documentary work. Utilizing the documentaries of writers, photographers, and others, Coles shows how their prose and pictures are influenced by the observer's frame of reference: their social and educational background, personal morals, and political beliefs. 18 illustrations.

  • 0195116291
  • 9780195116298
  • Robert Coles
  • 1 April 1997
  • Oxford University Press Inc, USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 288
  • First Edition
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