{"product_id":"fred-ritchin-bending-the-frame-photojournalism-documentary-and-the-citizen-9781597111201","title":"Fred Ritchin: Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary, and the Citizen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can contemporary image makers promote new thinking and make a difference in the world?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBending the Frame\u003c\/i\u003e, Fred Ritchin's third book on the future of the photographic medium, immerses the reader in the complex new ecosystem of the image and poses a series of critical questions that are relevant to today's image makers and readers alike. He begins by asking: \"What do we want from this media revolution? Not just where is it bringing us, but where do we want to go? When the pixels start to settle, where do we think we should be in relationship to media--as producers, subjects, viewers? Since all media inevitably change us, how do we \u003ci\u003ewant\u003c\/i\u003e to be changed?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo help us consider possible answers, Ritchin provides historical grounding for alternative modes of visual storytelling as well as a host of new and emerging strategies to explore the world in more complex, thoughtful, and useful ways. If there are some one billion people roaming the world with cellphone cameras, he asks, what might the role of the professional photographer be? Might there be an urgent need for a \u003ci\u003emetaphotography\u003c\/i\u003e that contextualizes and makes sense of the myriad images already online? More pointedly, if there is a photography of war, shouldn't there also be a photography of peace?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aperture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597111201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fred Ritchin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495058964661,"sku":"9781597111201","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2d42a7b6-b968-46f3-94a8-6b684212300d.jpg?v=1754973845","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fred-ritchin-bending-the-frame-photojournalism-documentary-and-the-citizen-9781597111201","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}