Americans have long been obsessed with their images—their looks, public personas, and the impressions they make. This preoccupation has left its mark on the l

We live in a digital Media Society, in which pictures are becoming more and more important. So, human communication is increasingly becoming a visual communicat

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Captive Images examines the law’s treatment of photographic evidence and uses it to investigate the relationship between law, image and fantasy. Based around