The Camera at War
170 years of weaponizing photography
$81.47
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
20 January 2026
Summary
It is said that the first casualty of war is truth. But in the arena of war photography, the truth is never simple.
Drawing on an incredible range of imagery from the Imperial War Museum’s vast collection and other major archives around the globe, expert curator Hilary Roberts presents a new perspective on the role of image manipulation in this field over the past 170 years, exploring the consequences for our understanding of historic and contemporary conflicts.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781781579657 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1781579652 |
| Author: | Hilary Roberts |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Ilex |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 20 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.46kg |
| Dimensions: | 292mm x 234mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Hilary Roberts
Hilary Roberts is an independent curator of photography. She joined the Imperial War Museum’s (IWM) Photograph Archive as a junior curator in 1980. As the Archive’s Head Curator (1996-2013), she oversaw the development of IWM’s photographic collections and the Archive’s transition to digital photography, before moving to a research role.
A specialist in the history and practice of conflict photography, Hilary has numerous broadcasts, publications and exhibitions to her name, including IWM’s highly praised trilogy of exhibitions Don McCullin: Shaped by War (2010-2012), Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War (2012) and Lee Miller: A Woman’s War (2015-2016). Hilary was awarded the Royal Photographic Society’s Award for Curatorship in 2017.
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