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Starred Review on October 1, 2010
The Vietnam War launched a new era in documentary photography, as photojournalists were given a free hand to capture everything, unlike previous 20th-century American wars in which the government tightly controlled coverage. The practices that started in Vietnam quickly spread globally. Abbott, the J. Paul Getty Museum's associate curator of photography, presents a survey of documentary photography gleaned from nine previously published volumes,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More