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Matt Edward’s story began when he was a high school freshman. After a clinical procedure, he received a prescription for Vicodin. He felt “touched by God” after taking the first pill and was never the same. Shortly before his death, Matt told his mother, “If anything happens to me, my journals will explain everything.” They do.

What I Couldn’t Tell You is a diary of Matt’s life until his death at age 25 from an overdose. Matt paints a self-portrait of a young man who’s intelligent, articulate, and full of dreams, and who wishes...

With their power to create a sense of proximity and empathy, photographs have long been a crucial means of exchanging ideas between peoples across the globe. This book explores the role of photography in shaping ideas about race and difference from the 1840s to the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. Focusing on Australian experience in a global context, a rich selection of case studies show how photographic encounters between Aboriginals, missionaries, scientists, photographers and writers fuelled international debates about morality, law, politics and human rights.

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With their power to create a sense of proximity and empathy, photographs have long been a crucial means of exchanging ideas between people across the globe; this book explores the role of photography in shaping ideas about race and difference from the 1840s to the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. Focusing on Australian experience in a global context, a rich selection of case studies drawing on a range of visual genres, from portraiture to ethnographic to scientific photographs show how photographic encounters between Aboriginals, missionaries, scientists, photographers and writers fuelled...