{"product_id":"shooting-cameras-for-peace-alexander-l-fattal-9780873658713","title":"Shooting Cameras for Peace \/ Disparando Cámaras Para La Paz: Youth, Photography, and the Colombian Armed Conflict \/ Juventud, Fotografía Y El Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the John Collier Jr. Award for Still Photography\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young Fulbright scholar in Bogotá determined to democratize the photographic gaze and bring new visions and voices to public debate about Colombia's armed conflict, Alexander L. Fattal founded Disparando Cámaras para la Paz (Shooting Cameras for Peace). The project taught photography to young people in El Progreso, a neighborhood on the city's outskirts that was home to families displaced by violence in the countryside. Cameras in hand, the youth had a chance to record and reimagine their daily existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShooting Cameras for Peace \/ Disparando Cámaras para la Paz\u003c\/i\u003e is a penetrating look at one of Latin America's most dynamic participatory media projects. The haunting and exuberant photographs made under its auspices testify to young people's will to play, to dream, and to survive. The images bear witness to the resilience and creativity of lives marked by a war that refuses to die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith text in English and Spanish, \u003ci\u003eShooting Cameras for Peace \/ Disparando Cámaras para la Paz\u003c\/i\u003e makes vital contributions to studies of collaborative media, photographic activism, and peace and conflict in Colombia. Fattal's insightful text offers critical reflection on the genre of participatory photography and the structural challenges faced by similar media projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander L. Fattal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087365871X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873658713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 10.70w x 0.90d","brand":"Alexander L. Fattal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048405987583,"sku":"9780873658713","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70139c1e-ace3-47fe-b9b6-fd74fddf7dd4.jpg?v=1684995603","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shooting-cameras-for-peace-alexander-l-fattal-9780873658713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}