Photography & society

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"This landmark study explores the intricate and ever-changing relationship between the photographer and the surrounding society. It considers the ubiquitous commercial, social, and political demands with which the photographer must deal and examines how the photographic reactions to these demands have in turn changed the society they reflect"--Cover.

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Full title :Photography & society / by Gisèle Freund.

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Publication Date:1980.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):D.R. Godine
Place of Publication:Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:1980.

Notes

Translation of Photographie et société.

The Physical Object

Description:231 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0879232501, 9780879232504
oclc:ocm05499832
LC Classification:TR147
Dewey Decimal:770

The relationship between art and society -- Precursors of the photographic portrait -- Photography during the July Monarchy (1830-1848) -- The first portrait photographers -- Photography during the Second Empire (1851-1870) -- Attitudes toward photography -- The expansion and artistic decline of the photographic profession -- Photography as a means of art reproduction -- Press photography -- The birth of photojournalism in Germany -- American mass media magazines -- Photography as a political tool -- Photography and the law -- The scandal-mongering press -- Photography as art -- Amateur photography -- Conclusion.

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Art and photography Art et photographie History Photographie -- Aspect social Photographie -- Histoire Photography Photography -- History Photography -- Social aspects Photojournalism Stephen Rose Photography Collection (IM…