Murder as Damn(ed) Good Art: Robert Hariman on Organized Crime World Press Winner

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Murder as Damn(ed) Good Art: Robert Hariman on Organized Crime World Press Winner – Reading The Pictures

The mob knew it wasn’t enough to kill its enemies; the killings had to be displayed to the viewing public. But the photographer isn’t a lackey of the mob.

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The mob knew that it wasn’t enough to kill its enemies; the killings had to be displayed to the viewing public.  That is the logic of terrorism: using media coverage of targeted killings to intimidate whole populations