Parry, K. orcid.org/0000-0003-3654-6489, Brockett, G. and Thornton, K. (2024) Examining the Tim Hetherington Collection Through Visually-Led Public Engagement Workshops. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 17 (1). pp. 70-89. ISSN 1752-6272
Abstract
War photography scholarship tends to focus attention on photographers’ lives and the thematic content of images. This study shifts the spotlight onto how varied members of the public respond to a body of work, in this case the photography and filmmaking of Tim Hetherington (1970-2011), whose archive the Imperial War Museum (IWM) obtained in 2017. We discuss findings from a number of visually-led focus groups with refugees, veterans, military family members, photography students and museum volunteers. Together we examined his image-making process with the groups to discover how they discussed notions such as intimacy, masculinity, the ‘good’ conflict photograph, and ethical dilemmas. We argue that engaging with multiple public perspectives through visual elicitation methods enhances curatorial knowledge and understanding of image-making practices in this specific context, whilst also offering insights for national museums more broadly on how dialogue with diverse communities can enrich the handling and display of new collections.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Keywords: | conflict photography, museum practice, Tim Hetherington, visual elicitation, focus groups, public engagement, audience research |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2025 13:21 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2025 13:21 |
Published Version: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17526... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17526272.2023.2296701 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:221413 |