Abstract
This article examines photographs of the 1971 India–Pakistan war published in the Anglo-American newspapers: The New York Times and The Times (London) and magazines: Life, Newsweek, Time, and The Economist. The images projected the war as a spectacle and predominantly used photographic conventions associated with non-journalistic images. The photographs showcased a rather frank representation of the 1971 war, displaying images of failed military operations, dead or injured soldiers, POWs, and revenge killings. However, some of these candid documentary war photographs offer archival value in that they challenge and complicate historical amnesia and partial accounts of the war and conflict in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 121-141 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Visual Communication |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2020 |
Funding
I would like to thank Professor Gretchen Soderlund at the University of Oregon and the two anonymous reviewers for their feedback and comments. I would also like to thank the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (CAPS) at the University of Oregon for their financial support with the licensing of images. This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors and there is no conflict of interest.
Keywords
- Anglo-American press
- archive
- Bangladesh
- history
- India
- liberation war
- Pakistan
- photojournalism
- war photography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts