📗 Libro en inglés PHOTOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM

This publication maps out key moments in the history of environmentalist photography while also examining contemporary examples of artistic practice Historically photography has acted as a technology for documenting the industrial transformation of the world around us usually to benefit the interests of capitalist markets An alternative photographic tradition exists however in which the indexical image is used evidentially to protest against incidents of industrial pollution By providing a definition of environmental activism in photographic praxis and identifying influential practitioners this publication demonstrates that photography plays a vital role in the struggle against environmental despoliation This book will be of interest to scholars in photography art and visual culture environmental humanities and the history of photography