It is meaty!...This book it better suited to those with a good level of experience in visual research methods who want to explore their genre further and delve deeper into the state of play and the roots of visual research methods.
Sukey Tarr
SRA Reviews
The development of interdisciplinary research, innovations in technology and developments in our understandings of the potential of the visual in research make this text a timely contribution to methodological literature... This handbook covers a broad range of traditional and more cutting edge issues all of which seem necessary if research methods are to keep pace with the developments in contemporary society... In bringing together such an impressive range of authors and interdisciplinary issues, it offers a comprehensive handbook for anyone engaging with visual methods.
Dr Emma Rich
Psychology of Women's Section Review
A heavy book, 754 pages: the size alone makes the Sage handbook of visual research methods, edited by Eric Margolis (University of Arizona) and Luc Pauwels (University of Antwerp), a special experience. The preface therefore promises not doctrine, but a panorama of a flourishing discipline, offering an unprecedented, almost magical freedom. The details are the true wealth of this book. They form a kaleidoscopic tour of what visual languages ??can do: approaches, specialties and hobbies. [...] This standard work on visual social research is a feast of recognition.
(Menno Oostra 2013-08-29)
This really is a remarkable book - the more I learn about how images work on us and how we work on images the more fascinating I find this stuff. (Trevor)