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Academy Award-wining Filmmaker Errol Morris Investigates The Hidden Truths Behind A Series Of Documentary Photographs. In Believing Is Seeing Academy Award-winning Director Errol Morris Turns His Eye To The Nature Of Truth In Photography. In His Inimitable Style, Morris Untangles The Mysteries Behind An Eclectic Range Of Documentary Photographs, From The Ambrotype Of Three Children Found Clasped In The Hands Of An Unknown Soldier At Gettysburg To The Indelible Portraits Of The Wpa Photography Project. Each Essay In The Book Presents The Reader With A Conundrum And Investigates The Relationship Between Photographs And The Real World They Supposedly Record. During The Crimean War, Roger Fenton Took Two Nearly Identical Photographs Of The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death-one Of A Road Covered With Cannonballs, The Other Of The Same Road Without Cannonballs. Susan Sontag Later Claimed That Fenton Posed The First Photograph, Prompting Morris To Return To Crimea To Investigate.^ Can We Recover The Truth Behind Fenton's Intentions In A Photograph Taken 150 Years Ago? In The Midst Of The Great Depression And One Of The Worst Droughts On Record, Fdr's Farm Service Administration Sent Several P

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Author

Morris, Errol.

Publisher

Penguin Press, 2011.

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780143124252

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Photography, History, Arts

Rating

4.11 / 5 (753 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14