{"product_id":"witness-in-our-time-second-edition-isbn-9781588342980","title":"Witness in Our Time, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitness in Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e traces the recent history of social documentary photography in the words of twenty-nine of the genre's best photographers, editors, and curators, showing how the profession remains vital, innovative, and committed to social change. The second edition includes a new section of interviews on documentary photography in the field and an exploration of the role of photojournalism in 21st-century media. \u003ci\u003eWitness in Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e provides an insider's view of a profession that continues to confront questions of art and truth while extending the definitions of both.\u003c\/p\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Seeing and Believing–\u003ci\u003eKerry Tremain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHOTOGRAPHERS\u003cbr\u003eHansel Mieth: The Depression and the Early Days of \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter Rosenblum: Lewis Hine, Paul Strand, and the Photo League\u003cbr\u003eMichelle Vignes: Magnum Photo Agency: The Early Years\u003cbr\u003eWayne Miller: Word War II and the Family of Man\u003cbr\u003ePeter Magubane: A Black Photographer in Apartheid South Africa\u003cbr\u003eMatt Herron: The Civil Rights Movement and the Southern Documentary Project\u003cbr\u003eJill Freedman: Resurrection City\u003cbr\u003eMary Ellen Mark: Streetwise Photographer\u003cbr\u003eEarl Dotter: The United Mine Workers\u003cbr\u003eEugene Richards: Americans We\u003cbr\u003eSusan Meiselas: Central America and Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eSebastião Salgado: Workers\u003cbr\u003eGraciela Iturbide: The Indigenous of Mexico\u003cbr\u003eAntonin Kratochvil: The Fall of the Iron Curtain\u003cbr\u003eDonna Ferrato: Living with the Enemy: Domestic Violence\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Rodriguez: In the Barrio\u003cbr\u003eDayanita Singh: A Truer India\u003cbr\u003eFazal Sheikh: Portrait of a Refugee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORS AND CURATORS\u003cbr\u003eGifford Hampshire: The Environmental Protection Agency's Project DOCUMERICA\u003cbr\u003ePeter Howe: \u003ci\u003eLife \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine and \u003ci\u003eOuttakes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColin Jacobson: \u003ci\u003eIndependent Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReportage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne Wilkes Tucker: The Museum Context\u003cbr\u003eFred Ritchin: The Fish are Last to Know about the Water: The Emerging Digital Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN THE FIELD\u003cbr\u003eRonald Partridge: Dorothea Lange in the Field\u003cbr\u003eDon McCullin: Vietnam: The Battle of Hue, 1968\u003cbr\u003eBill Owens: Suburbia and a Passion for Seeing His World\u003cbr\u003eLarry Fink: Social Graces\u003cbr\u003eDavid Goldblatt: Once an Enemy: Apartheid and the New South Africa\u003cbr\u003eMaya Goded: Tierra Negra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: Witness in Our Time–\u003ci\u003eKen Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eImportant Readings\u003cbr\u003eIndexFrom CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLight (Univ. of California, Berkeley) uses the phrase \"a witness to their time\" to describe the social documentary photographers highlighted in this outstanding narrative of the lives and works of photographers, editors, and curators. This collection of interviews with many of the most important social documentary photographers of the late 20th century is an impressive work that records the joys and perils of photographers who attempt to document the world around them. Many of the photographers interviewed are not well-known names, but their images resonate with times and places that instantly will be recognizable to most readers. Only a single image accompanies each narrative, but a quick search of the Internet will bring many more images to light and reinforce the importance of this remarkable collection. This second edition (1st ed., 2000) would be excellent for a course on social documentary photography and a great read for anyone interested in the inner workings of the \"mind's eye\" of a documentary photographer. Light is in his own right an exceptional social documentary photographer, who has made an outstanding effort in compiling this wonderful collection.  \u003cb\u003eSumming Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above; general readers.--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. M. King, emeritus, University of Georgia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Photography can change the world. If you have any doubts, read this book. It will change your life.”—Brian Wallis, Chief Curator, International Center of Photography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ken Light has managed to get very close to some of the greats in photography: Wayne Miller, Peter Magubane, Susan Meiselas, among others, and in the process created a document that is a guide for all young people who search of the truth.”—Danny Lyon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Seasoned pro, amateur, or fledgling photo-J school grad awash in the newest technologies, it's worth reading Ken Light's classic \u003ci\u003eWitness in Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e, which tells it like it is straight from the mouths of the best there ever were.”—Jeffrey D. Smith, Director, Contact Press Images\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For all of us who have complained about how tough things are in these times (and who among us has not complained?), the voices in this book remind us photojournalism and documentary photography were never easy, not even for those included in this book who are generally accepted as stars in the profession.”—Jim McNay, past president of the National Press Photographers Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Light\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally recognized documentary photographer and the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts photography fellowships. The author of seven photo books, including \u003ci\u003eDelta Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Death Row\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCoal Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e, he is a full-time faculty member and director of the Center for Photography at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerry Tremain\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor. The former executive editor of \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, he was a cofounder and director of the International Fund for Documentary Photography.Famous documentary photographers discuss their personal experiences, the impact their work has had, and the importance of connecting subject and audience.","brand":"Smithsonian Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302287429861,"sku":"NP9781588342980","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781588342980.jpg?v=1767744447","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/witness-in-our-time-second-edition-isbn-9781588342980","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}