This article sets the official images of the transformation of East London for the 2012 Olympics against two independent documentary photography projects, Alessandra Chil??'s Olympian Visions and Chris Dorley-Brown's Decisive Moments. The first section analyses the Olympic Delivery Authority's computer-generated images as acts of political imagination and in terms of the production of consensus. The work of Chil?? and Dorley-Brown is then presented as a counter-representation of the changes in the area, and at the same time a critical reflection on the constructed nature of the documentary image. Through the use of post-production techniques and text-image combinations, these photographers have abandoned the idea of a transparent access to reality, while remaining committed to a broader notion of realism.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true,"ui_click":true}; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2012.677497
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