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Severin, Sema (2019)

The Art of War: An Interrogation of the Aesthetics and Poetics of Visual Representations of Conflict

Master thesis | Media Studies (MA)

This thesis aims to examine the conventions governing both photojournalism and art with regard to war photography. More specifically, how are conventions in representations of war in photojournalism interrogated by artists and what conventions in turn govern artistic approaches to war photography? The relationship between art and war photography will be examined in relation to three artworks, which present a complementary approach towards the discussed issues.

photography

war

representation

Author

Severin, Sema

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Film and Photographic Studies

Supervisors

Westgeest, Helen

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en