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Susie Linfield

Susie Linfield,  director of the cultural reporting and criticism program at New York University, is author of The Cruel Radiance:  Photography and Political Violence.  

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Global Justice, Politics

Letter from Israel: Leftists on Zionism's Past, Present, and Future

While “left” in the West is now a virtual synonym for anti-Zionism, the same is far from true in Israel.

Susie Linfield

Literature & Culture

The Treacherous Medium

Why photography critics hate photographs.

Susie Linfield

Literature & Culture

A Witness to Murder

Heinrich Jöst’s photographs of the Holocaust dwell in what Jean Améry called “the waiting room of death.”

Susie Linfield

Literature & Culture

Robert Capa’s Hope

Capturing the good fight.

Susie Linfield

Literature & Culture

Photographing Cruelty

Depicting the Cultural Revolution.

Susie Linfield

Books & Ideas

Memory’s Lair

The Ethics of Memory Avishai Margalit  Harvard University Press, $24.95 (cloth)   On

Susie Linfield

Literature & Culture

Capture the Moment

The uses and misuses of photojournalism.

Susie Linfield

Global Justice, Race

Trading Truth for Justice?

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Susie Linfield

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