Seeing Suffering

This review essay focuses on two books, Heide Fehrenbach and Davide Rodogno’s Humanitarian Photography: A History (2015) and Lasse Heerten’s The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism: Spectacles of Suffering (2017). It situates the books in relation to broader debates about similarities and d...

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Published in:Journal of Humanitarian Affairs 2021-12, Vol.3 (3), p.56-63
Main Author: Flynn, Jeffrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Atrocities
biafra
Cameras
Disaster relief
Earthquakes
Famine
Human rights
Humanitarianism
Language
Photography
suffering
Visual culture
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Summary:This review essay focuses on two books, Heide Fehrenbach and Davide Rodogno’s Humanitarian Photography: A History (2015) and Lasse Heerten’s The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism: Spectacles of Suffering (2017). It situates the books in relation to broader debates about similarities and differences between humanitarianism and human rights practice, with a particular focus on the visual cultures of and ethical debates surrounding representations of suffering.
ISSN:2515-6411
2515-6411
DOI:10.7227/JHA.075