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Errol Morris: Believing is seeing (2011, Penguin Press)

"Academy Award-wining filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the hidden truths behind a series of documentary photographs. …

Review of 'Believing is seeing' on Goodreads

A curious documentary book, a connected series of essays on contextualizing and investigating photographic records beyond our initial visual assumptions. Written by a documentary filmmaker, nearly a script, the style is visual and heavily laced with interview transcripts of his explorations. Evidence of war (Crimean, Abu Ghraib, Israel/Lebanon, and US Civil War) is the theme throughout. Kinda good, kinda nerdy, thought provoking.