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A photographic "reorientation" : Tim Hetherington and visual records of contemporary global conflict

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    Creator (cre): von Wolffersdorff, Amelia Gibson
    Advisor (adv): Bernabe, Jan Christian
    Department (dpt): Whitman College. Art History and Visual Culture Studies
    Date
    May 8, 2012
    Graduation Year
    2012
    Abstract

    This interdisciplinary study examines the work of Tim Hetherington, a British-American photojournalist who was killed in Libya in April of 2011 while photographing the local uprising. With a focus on the post-9/11 period, this study engages with current issues and contemporary global tensions, including American nationalism, imperialism, and the military. It looks at Hetherington’s photographic archive from West Africa and Afghanistan, as well as his film from Afghanistan, Restrepo, co-produced with Sebastian Junger. Touching first on the origins of photography in the 19th century, this study critiques Hetherington’s projects as pieces of visual culture that utilize race, gender, and sexuality to produce an alternative, counter-hegemonic discourse surrounding the U.S. Empire and its role in the world today.

    Subject
    Hetherington, Tim
    Restrepo (Motion picture)
    Documentary photography -- War
    Liberty -- Photography
    Civil war -- Africa
    Photographers -- Storytelling
    Documentary photography
    War photography -- Afghanistan
    War photography -- Africa
    Art and war
    War photography -- Social aspects
    Visual communication
    Art and literature
    Academic theses
    Whitman College 2012 -- Dissertation collection -- Art History and Visual Culture Studies
    Geographic Subject
    Africa
    Asia
    Middle East
    Afghanistan
    Genre
    Theses
    Extent
    82 pages
    Permanent URL
    http://works.whitman.edu/1176
    Rights
    http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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