The discourses of war photography: Photojournalistic representations of the Palestinian-Israeli war

Van Leeuwen, T; Jaworski, A

The discourses of war photography: Photojournalistic representations of the Palestinian-Israeli war

Van Leeuwen, T

Jaworski, A

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Citation:: Journal of Language and Politics, 2003, 1 (2), pp. 255 - 275
Issue Date:: 2003-07-10

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dc.contributor.author	Van Leeuwen, T https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2163-8700	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jaworski, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2003-07-10	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Language and Politics, 2003, 1 (2), pp. 255 - 275	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1569-2159	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10644
dc.description.abstract	Photography has a long history of (de-)legitimation of wars. In this paper we examine the visual rhetoric of two newspapers, the British Guardian and the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza in their representation of the Palestinian-Israeli war in October 2000. Although both newspapers have access to the same (agency) photographs, their images differ. Both papers show the Palestinians to be the main victims of the war. However, Gazeta Wyborcza depicts the Palestinians predominantly as “terrorists” and deflects any military responsibility from the Israelis by not including any photographs of the Israeli soldiers. The Guardian shows the Palestinians predominantly as romanticised, lone heroes against the Israeli military might, although the Israeli military force is vague and de-personalised. Furthermore, both newspapers differ in their representation of the war in political terms choosing different images of local and international politicians. © 2003 John Benjamins Publishing Company.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Language and Politics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1075/jlp.1.2.06lee	en_US
dc.title	The discourses of war photography: Photojournalistic representations of the Palestinian-Israeli war	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

Photography has a long history of (de-)legitimation of wars. In this paper we examine the visual rhetoric of two newspapers, the British Guardian and the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza in their representation of the Palestinian-Israeli war in October 2000. Although both newspapers have access to the same (agency) photographs, their images differ. Both papers show the Palestinians to be the main victims of the war. However, Gazeta Wyborcza depicts the Palestinians predominantly as “terrorists” and deflects any military responsibility from the Israelis by not including any photographs of the Israeli soldiers. The Guardian shows the Palestinians predominantly as romanticised, lone heroes against the Israeli military might, although the Israeli military force is vague and de-personalised. Furthermore, both newspapers differ in their representation of the war in political terms choosing different images of local and international politicians. © 2003 John Benjamins Publishing Company.

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