No Power Without an Image

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This book is a sophisticated and subtle discussion of the hitherto forgotten contexts of iconic photographs, which demonstrates the complex intertextuality of the historic photograph and the dangers inherent in isolating it from its place in visual culture. -- Damian Sutton, University of Coventry A singularly important and rich intervention that explores the entwined media of film and photography as they shape some of the world's most iconic photographs. The book is ambitious and assured in its international scope and scale, combining rigorous historical and archival research with powerful textual analysis. Still images move, and move us, the book argues, and the cinema is a motor force in this movement. -- Guy Westwell, Queen Mary University of London