Playing with perspective: the profanation of the access control in conflict scenarios during the Iraq War

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  • Flávio Valle Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Keywords:

photojournalism, Iraq war, device, profanation.

Abstract

The embedding of media professionals in military units marked the photojournalistic coverage of Iraq War (2003-11). On the one hand, this practice offered reporters the conditions to perform their activities; on the other, it restricted their freedom of action. In this paper, we propose to observe this device's constitution to control the access of photojournalists inside the conflict scenarios. We will discuss, in particular, the way the photographer Benjamin Lowy performs a profanation of it by playing both with his perspective and that one of the soldiers.

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Author Biography

Flávio Valle, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutorando em Comunicação Social na UFMG. Professor com experiência em atividades de ensino, pesquisa e extensão nas seguintes áreas: Narrativa, Imagem, Cultura Visual, Fotografia , Jornalismo e Produção Cultural. Colaborador do Núcleo de Estudos Tramas Comunicacionais: Narrativa e Experiência. Produtor Cultural com experiência na realização de projetos fotográficos.

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Published

2015-11-12

Issue

No. 32 (2016)

Section

Artigos | Articles

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