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Photography and Public History: Facing New Challenges
DUVAL, Cécile
2018
 

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Keywords :
photography; public history; sources
Abstract :
[en] Photography, together with written material, is one of the traditional communication channels of public history. Written material on its own, especially in our predominantly visual era, can often fail to convey the desired message; but images on their own can be misunderstood if no text is added to place them in the context. The scientific use of photograph requires the contextualisation of images by verified data. With the growth of sources in the field of public history, it is vital to constantly check and compare any available data about images because it could be tempted to play on the emotions generated by some photographs to elicit a stronger reaction from the public. This is ignoring the fact that reinterpreting a photo in this way is essentially the same as rewriting history.
Research center :
- Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Public History and Outreach (PHO)
Disciplines :
History
Author, co-author :
DUVAL, Cécile  ;  University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Language :
English
Title :
Photography and Public History: Facing New Challenges
Publication date :
04 November 2018
Event name :
Ninth International Conference on the Image
Event organizer :
Common Ground Research Networks
Event place :
Hong Kong, China
Event date :
03-04 November 2018
Audience :
International
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