"The complicated, tightrope dance of the ethical documentarian is the subject of Robert Coles' superb Doing Documentary Work. "
The Boston Book Review "Coles ensures that one will never look at documentary work
no matter how well done or well meaning
quite the same way again."
Washington Post Book World "Journalists, social workers, and therapists, as well as producers of print or film documentaries, ... Read morewill find this ruminative volume of special use, reminding them of the questions they should ask themselves before they invade schools, workplaces, and private lives."
Kirkus "Rich with narrative and smart in a warm and accessible way, this is a book for storytellers of every stripe."
Utne Reader "Indispensable for students of the documentary."
Booklist "...passionate ideas and cogent analysis fill the book.
Library Journal "A challenging exploration of documentary writing and photography, focusing on the ways in which researchers can affect, reshape, or misrepresent what they see...Journalists, social workers, and therapists, as well as producers of print or film documentaries, will find this ruminative volume of special use, reminding them of the questions they should ask themselves before they invade schools, workplaces, and private lives."
Kirkus Reviews "The complicated, tightrope dance of the ethical documentarian is the subject of Robert Coles' superb Doing Documentary Work.... What is exciting about this book is that Coles, whose intellectual interest and curiousity are omnivorous, has applied to himself and his own field the scrutiny that intellectuals frequently only apply to some `other,' whether that other be a `field' of scholarship or `natives' nervous about a camera."
David C. Ward, The Boston Book Review "Coles ensures that one will never look at documentary work
no matter how well done or well meaning
quite the same way again."
Jeanne Fox-Alston, Washington Post Book World Show Less