Arctic images in context
The article explores how Richard Harrington’s travelogue The Face of the Arctic (1952) responds to and represents the changing Canadian Arctic at the beginning of the Cold War, with a focus on Harrington’s famous photographs of the Padlei famine that were essential in changing the public’s image of...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1823df21a1e4470faddd5b936589775c 2024-02-11T09:59:58+01:00 Arctic images in context Janicke S. Kaasa 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.48202/25048 https://doaj.org/article/1823df21a1e4470faddd5b936589775c DA EN NO SV dan eng nor swe Lärdomshistoriska samfundet https://tidskriftenlychnos.se/article/view/25048 https://doaj.org/toc/0076-1648 https://doaj.org/toc/2004-4852 doi:10.48202/25048 0076-1648 2004-4852 https://doaj.org/article/1823df21a1e4470faddd5b936589775c Lychnos (2024) travel writing arctic photography imagetext Richard Harrington Padleimiut Canadian Arctic History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.48202/25048 2024-01-14T01:38:32Z The article explores how Richard Harrington’s travelogue The Face of the Arctic (1952) responds to and represents the changing Canadian Arctic at the beginning of the Cold War, with a focus on Harrington’s famous photographs of the Padlei famine that were essential in changing the public’s image of the region at the time. Whereas scholars so far have downplayed the complexity of these photographs, this study offers a rereading of the Padleimiut photographs that draws on W. J. T. Mitchell’s concept of imagetext. The analysis of these photographs in relation to the text they appear alongside, the article argues, facilitates a more dynamic understanding of the images and their meaning. As such, the present study exemplifies how Arctic images are dependent on their specific contexts and on contextualizing interpretations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Padlei ENVELOPE(-96.667,-96.667,61.917,61.917) Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria |
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The article explores how Richard Harrington’s travelogue The Face of the Arctic (1952) responds to and represents the changing Canadian Arctic at the beginning of the Cold War, with a focus on Harrington’s famous photographs of the Padlei famine that were essential in changing the public’s image of the region at the time. Whereas scholars so far have downplayed the complexity of these photographs, this study offers a rereading of the Padleimiut photographs that draws on W. J. T. Mitchell’s concept of imagetext. The analysis of these photographs in relation to the text they appear alongside, the article argues, facilitates a more dynamic understanding of the images and their meaning. As such, the present study exemplifies how Arctic images are dependent on their specific contexts and on contextualizing interpretations. |
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