Picturing Peace: Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding

Picturing Peace: Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding - Paperback

$71.91
$71.91
Skip to product information
Picturing Peace: Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding
  • Picturing Peace: Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding
Picturing Peace: Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding - Paperback

Picturing Peace: Photography, Conflict Transformation, and Peacebuilding - Paperback

$71.91
$71.91

by Tom Allbeson (Editor), Pippa Oldfield (Editor), Jolyon Mitchell (Editor)

How can photographers, curators, and editors convey narratives of peace and not just stories of war?
Providing interdisciplinary and international perspectives on timely debates, Picturing Peace explores humanitarianism and visual culture, community collaboration, collective memory, and imagined futures for creating and sustaining of civil societies. How things look and are perceived are not superficial issues; when it comes to war and conflict, photography is vitally relevant not only to documenting violence, but also to rebuilding peaceful societies.

The volume examines the intersecting issues of visual culture and peacebuilding, including: the genealogies of photography and conflict, decolonisation and the gaze, the significance of archival material, as well as recent peacebuilding initiatives. Exploring multiple forms of peace photography, the volume offers a range of voices from preeminent international scholars, as well as interviews with practicing photographers who have experience of working with post-conflict communities. As such, the book provides a timely investigation into the politics of representation, questioning how photographers might help foster social relationships, transform conflicts, and reconcile communities in the image-oriented cultures.

Author Biography

Tom Allbeson is Reader in Media and Photographic History at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, UK.

Jolyon Mitchell is Principal of St John's College, Durham and a Professor specialising in Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding at Durham University, UK.

Pippa Oldfield is Senior Lecturer in Photography at Teesside University, UK, and former Head of Programme at Impressions Gallery, Bradford.
Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 0.77 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: June 25, 2026

You may also like