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About Looking
Berger, John
Book
1980
A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics from photographs and media, to zoos and forests, grouped around the theme of how people look at things.
At Work In the Fields of the Bomb
Del Tredici, Robert
Book
1987
A collection of photographs, interviews and comments aimed at making the secretive nuclear arms industry visible to the general public.
Getting There: Producing Photostories With Immigrant Women
Barndt, Deborah, Cristall, Ferne, Marino, Dian
Book
1983
Photostories about immigrant women surviving in and adapting to a new culture.
Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law Of Obscenity And The Assault On Genius
de Grazia, Edward
Book
1992
De Grazia, an attorney and defender of First Amendment rights, chronicles the conflict between artistic expression and censorship. Details the struggles of authors, booksellers and publishers.
How to Make Your PR Photos Work
LaVigne, Mark
Article
2003
There is a real art and science to the news photo.
Pictures Bring Us Messages: Sinaakssiiksi aohtsimaahpihkookiyaawa. Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation
Brown, Alison, K., Peers, Laura, with members of the Kainai Nation
Book
2006
An example of museum professionals working with member of an aboriginal community to explore photographs taken of members of that community many decades earlier.
The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951
Klein, Mason
Book
2011
Artists in 'the Photo League', active from 1936 to 1951, were known for capturing sharply revealing, compelling moments from everyday life.
Ways of Seeing
Berger, John
Book
1972
Seeing establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but words can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it.
Workers Film and Photo League: Connexipedia Article
Article
A loosely knit alliance of local organizations that provided independent visual media to people in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world.

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Images of life on earth. Creating a lasting audio-visual record of life on earth.
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Believing is Seeing (Observations on the Mysteries of Photography)
Morris, Errol
2011
An exploration of photgraphy's complex connection to the real world.
Disappearance of Darkness
Photography at the End of the Analog Era
Burley, Robert
2012
A look at the decline of the print photography industry.
Finding Your Photos Online
Johnson, Dave
2009
It turns out that there are a couple of ways to keep an eye on your photos.
Life in Stills
Tal, Tamar
2011
A photo shop owner and her grandson join forces to save the shop and the nearly one million negatives that document Israel's defining moments.
1904-1924: 'The North American Indian'
One man's vision of a continent of cultures
Arbuckle, Alex Q
2015
With J. P. Morgan's funding, Edward Sheriff Curtis spent more than 20 years crisscrossing North America, creating over 40,000 images of more than 80 different tribes. They conceived a 20-volume series...
170,000 iconic pictures of Depression-era America released by Yale (Photos)
2015
Gallery with pictures of the Great Depression in the US, depicting the everyday lives and struggles of people.
Schedule a Photo Shoot
Graham, Barbara Florio
2010
Snapshots taken by friends or family are fine for most purposes, but when you need a professional portrait to use on your website, in your promotional materials or for the back cover of your book, you...

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Creating Your Own Alternatives
Article
Alternatives and suggestons for creating independent media.
The Sources HotLink
Website
1996
A website and newsletter dealing with media relations strategies.