Race Stories: Essays on the Power of Images/ Maurice Berger

By:

Maurice Berger

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Vision and Justice Book SeriesPublication details: New York; Aperture; 2024Description: 312p; 25x19cmISBN:

9781597115629

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Summary: Race Stories gathers seventy-one incisive essays (originally published between 2012 and 2019) in which Berger probes how photography and visual culture shape ideas about race, identity, and justice. He argues that images are not passive reflections but active participants in racial narratives—capable of reinforcing stereotypes, exposing inequality, or offering alternative visions of belonging. Through examining a wide spectrum of photographs—from snapshots to photojournalism to archival portraits—he asks readers to look deeper: to see who frames the image, who is seen (or unseen), and what power relations lie beneath the surface.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Photography Gallery	Technology- Photography, Cinematography, Electronic Media	TR624-835 59.218 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		5972

Race Stories gathers seventy-one incisive essays (originally published between 2012 and 2019) in which Berger probes how photography and visual culture shape ideas about race, identity, and justice. He argues that images are not passive reflections but active participants in racial narratives—capable of reinforcing stereotypes, exposing inequality, or offering alternative visions of belonging. Through examining a wide spectrum of photographs—from snapshots to photojournalism to archival portraits—he asks readers to look deeper: to see who frames the image, who is seen (or unseen), and what power relations lie beneath the surface.

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