viii, 236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Notes:
""This volume is published on the occasion of the exhibition Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, June 29-November 14, 2010"--T.p. verso." Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Engaged observers in context / Brett Abbott The photographers. Leonard Freed : Black in white America Philip Jones Griffiths : Vietnam Inc. W. Eugene and Aileen M. Smith : Minamata Susan Meiselas : Nicaragua, June 1978-July 1979 Mary Ellen Mark : Streetwise Lauren Greenfield : Fast forward and girl culture Larry Towell : The Mennonites Sebastiao Salgado : Migrations James Nachtwey : The sacrifice