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Contact : photographs from the Australian War Memorial collection / Shaune Lakin.
- Title
- Contact : photographs from the Australian War Memorial collection / Shaune Lakin.
- Author
- Lakin, Shaune.
- Publication
- Canberra : Australian War Memorial, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | TR820.6 .L36 2006 | Off-site |
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- Australian War Memorial
- Description
- 283 p. : ill. (some col.); 31 cm.
- Summary
- Contact presents the first, authoritative survey of the Australian War Memorial's photographic collection and of Australian war photography more broadly. It features over 200 photos, drawn from the work of the many official, commercial, and amateur photographers who have recorded the Australian experience of war. The exquisitely produced volume showcases the breadth of the AWM's collection, and uncovers many of the collection's hidden treasures, including the works of the many soldiers and nurses who privately photographed their own experiences. The images are complemented by detailed discussions of the history of Australian war photography and the AWM's collection. Together, they present a powerful and unique account of the important place these photographs hold in Australian memory.
- Alternative Title
- Photographs from the Australian War Memorial collection
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Military history
- Pictorial works
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-279) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Director's foreword / Steve Gower -- Preface -- Note on images -- Ch.1. The emergence of the military photograph -- Ch.2. Gallipoli, soldier photographers, and the "plain, simple truth" -- Ch.3. "Great, stupendous and awesome": photographs of First World War battlefields, 1916-19 -- Ch.4. The Second World War and official photography, 1939-41 -- Ch.5. The photograph as evidence, 1942-45 -- Ch.6. Postwar conflicts and the resurgence of the individual photographer -- Ch.7. Vietnam: images in conflict -- Ch.8. The contemporary conflict photographer
- ISBN
- 0975190466
- 9780975190463
- LCCN
- ^^2007367841
- OCLC
- 122890908
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library