Photography: A Critical Introduction

Buch | Hardcover

416 Seiten

2000 | 2nd New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-19057-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the first introductory textbook to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education.

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This introductory textbook examines key debates in photographic theory within their social and political contexts. Chapters on key topics and genres are supported by glossaries of terms, bibliographies and resource information, including guides to public archives and useful websites.

Autor

Liz Wells is a Senior Lecturer in Contextual Studies in film, video and photography at the School of Media, the London Institute, London College of Printing and Distributive Trades

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Thinking about Pphotography: Debates Historically and Now 2. Surveyors and Surveyed: Photography Out and About 3. 'Sweet it is to Scan ...': Personal Photographs and Popular Photography 4. Construction of Illusion: Photography and Commodity Culture 5. The Subject as Object: Photography and the Human Body 6. On and Beyond the White Walls: The Status of Photography as Art 7. Photography in the Age of Electronic Imaging

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.2.2000
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 189 x 246 mm
• Gewicht: 1270 g
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 0-415-19057-6 / 0415190576
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-19057-2 / 9780415190572
• Zustand: Neuware