The Great War: The Persuasive Power of Photography (Bilingual)

Ann Thomas

The National Gallery of Canada marks the centennial of the beginning of the First World War with the exhibitionThe Great War: The Persuasive Power of Photography. Although photography was already being used to document armed conflict, the First World War marked a turning point for this medium. Alongside political and military uses of photography, the personal use of cameras by soldiers emerged as a new phenomenon, while studio portraits and personal albums illustrate the major role played by photography in private life. As a whole, these visual records offer an intimate, authentic and comprehensive view of the everyday realities of war.

Hardcover | 140 pages
Bilingual
28.5 x 28.6 cm (11 ¼ x 11 ¼ in.)
Publication Date: 2014