Picturing disability: beggar, freak, citizen, and other photographic rhetoric

Introduction: Picturing disability

Freak portraits: sideshow souvenirs

Begging cards: solicitation with photographs

Charity: the poster child and others

Asylums: postcards, public relations, and muckraking

Clinical photographs: "feeblemindedness" in eugenics texts / Martin Elks

Advertising photographs: people with disabilities selling products

Movie stills: monsters, revenge, and pity

Art for art's sake: people with disabilities in art photography / James A. Knoll

Citizen portraits: photos as personal keepsakes

Conclusion: Just a beginning.

Introduction : Picturing disability

Freak portraits : sideshow souvenirs

Begging cards : solicitation with photographs

Charity : the poster child and others

Asylums : postcards, public relations, and muckraking

Clinical photographs : "feeblemindedness" in eugenics texts / Martin Elks

Advertising photographs : people with disabilities selling products

Movie stills : monsters, revenge, and pity

Art for art's sake : people with disabilities in art photography / James A. Knoll

Citizen portraits : photos as personal keepsakes

Conclusion : Just a beginning.