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Doing Documentary Work

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ISBN-10: 0195124952

ISBN-13: 9780195124958

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Robert Coles

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The renowned child psychiatrist Robert Coles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Children in Crisis series, offers a penetrating look into the nature of documentary work. Utilizing the documentaries of writers, photographers, and others, Coles shows how their prose and pictures are influenced by the observers frame of reference: their social and educational background, personal morals, and political beliefs. Through revealing discussions with documentarians and insightful analysis of their work, complemented by dramatic black-and-white photographs from Lange and Evans, Doing Documentary Work will provoke the reader into reconsidering how fine the line is between truth and fiction. It is…    
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Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: New York Public Library
Publication date: 11/19/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.31" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Robert Coles is a professor of psychiatry & medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School, a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services, & the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard College. His many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Children of Crisis" series as well as the best-selling "The Spiritual Life of Children" & "The Moral Intelligence of Children". Dr. Coles is a founding editor of the award-winning magazine "DoubleTake".