Marco Solaroli ha conseguito il dottorato in sociologia presso l'Università di Milano. I suoi interessi di ricerca vertono su fotogiornalismo e cultura visuale dei conflitti globali post-11 settembre. È membro della redazione della rivista "Studi Culturali" (il Mulino).
This paper deals with the scandal of Abu Ghraib. The diffusion of the torture photographs is analyzed as a peculiar form of mediatized ritual, which has cristallized them in the public memory and performatively activated a number of practices of creative re-contextualization and symbolic re-articulation. In particular, the paper problematizes a wide range of forms of artistic representations of the torture photographs, according to three main analytical dimensions: inter-iconic translation, authorial intentions, degree of institutionalization.