Two Modes of Political Engagement in Contemporary Israeli Art Photography

Abstract Ranging from photojournalism to landscape photography from the late 1980s to the present, this article studies the ways in which Israeli still art photography has engaged politically with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Following historical contextualization of the emergence of critical e...

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Main Author: Morris-Reich, Amos (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Images
Year: 2018, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-108
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