{"product_id":"the-camera-at-war-by-hilary-roberts-9781781579657","title":"The Camera at War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is said that the first casualty of war is truth. But in the arena of war photography, the truth is never simple.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on an incredible range of imagery from the Imperial War Museum's vast collection and other major archives around the globe, expert curator Hilary Roberts presents a new perspective on the role of image manipulation in this field over the past 170 years, exploring the consequences for our understanding of historic and contemporary conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the staged scenes and hand-coloured Daguerreotypes of the Crimean War at the very beginning of conflict photography to the AI-generated protest and propaganda imagery of today, Roberts explores the myriad ways in which layers of meaning can be added, erased or changed completely. As \u003ci\u003eThe Camera at War\u003c\/i\u003e so powerfully reveals, sometimes this has been done in order to present a closer approximation of the truth, and sometimes for the causes of national morale, subterfuge and control of the winning narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428223566060,"sku":"9781781579657","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781781579657.jpg?v=1774766911","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-camera-at-war-by-hilary-roberts-9781781579657","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}