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Review: Citizens of Photography: The Camera and the Political Imagination, edited by Christopher Pinney with the PhotoDemos Collective

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Demotic photography practices enable profound political imagination, allowing communities to contest state narratives during periods of historical conflict.
Everyday photographic self-representation repurposes official identity cards into memorial portraits across nine regions, challenging institutional control.
Anthropological analysis framing a citizenry of photography shows how digital platforms and grassroots visual networks open unpredictable liberatory futures.

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Qualitative review uncovers political agency in popular photographic self-representation across conflict zones, highlighting demotic image circulation.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68e76a2eb6db6435876e0254 https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2024.51.1.101

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Qualitative review uncovers political agency in popular photographic self-representation across conflict zones, highlighting demotic image circulation.

Review: Citizens of Photography: The Camera and the Political Imagination, edited by Christopher Pinney with the PhotoDemos Collective

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Review: Citizens of Photography: The Camera and the Political Imagination, edited by Christopher Pinney with the PhotoDemos Collective

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