Susie Linfield

Susie Linfield is the author of The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence. She teaches journalism at New York University, where she directs the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program.

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Letters From the June 1/8, 2020, Issue Letters From the June 1/8, 2020, Issue

What’s the matter with San Fran?… Unspoken rules… The source of our disagreement…

May 19, 2020 / Letters / Our Readers, Noam Chomsky, and Susie Linfield

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Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue

The rest is commentary…

Mar 24, 2020 / Letters / Susie Linfield and Joshua Leifer

Pictures Without an Exhibition

Pictures Without an Exhibition Pictures Without an Exhibition

The Brooklyn Museum’s massive show of war photography is a wasted opportunity.

Jan 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield

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At last we exhaled…; who brought down the Berlin Wall?; Mike Davis on Susie Linfield on Fred Halliday; Linfield’s reply

Nov 27, 2012 / Letters / Our Readers and Susie Linfield

The Journeys of Fred Halliday The Journeys of Fred Halliday

On socialism or the Middle East, Fred Halliday’s intellectual flexibility was one of his greatest strengths.

Oct 30, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield

Every Photo an Archive Every Photo an Archive

Peppered with moving, thought-provoking elements, the photographic exhibition "Archive Fever" is fascinating but essentially incoherent.

Apr 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield

Dark Rooms Dark Rooms

Susie Linfield | The photographers who documented the Spanish Civil War captured the heart of battle in ways that now seem iconic but were then radically new.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield

American Graffiti American Graffiti

It's true--and a cliché--that Hollywood films hold up a mirror to American society. It's equally true--and equally a cliché--that Hollywood films fail to reflect Am...

Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield

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