Photography: theoretical snapshots
by Long, J. J., (Jonathan James) Noble, Andrea Welch, Edward
Offering exciting perspectives on photography theory today from some of the world's leading critics and theorists, this work introduces new means of looking at photographs, and addresses the question of photography history, revisiting the work of influential theorists such as Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, and the October group.
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- Full title :Photography : theoretical snapshots / edited by J.J. Long, Andrea Noble, and Edward Welch.
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Offering exciting perspectives on photography theory today from some of the world's leading critics and theorists, this work introduces new means of looking at photographs, and addresses the question of photography history, revisiting the work of influential theorists such as Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, and the October group.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 179 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780415477062, 0415477069, 9780415477079, 0415477077, 9780203869031, 0203869036
- oclc:ocn227918333
- LC Classification:TR183
- Dewey Decimal:770.1
Table of Contents
List of Figures About the ContributorsIntroduction A Small History of Photography Studies Edward Welch and J.J. Long 1. Mindless Photography John Tagg 2. Thinking Photography beyond the Visual? Elizabeth Edwards 3. On Snapshot Photography: Rethinking Photographic Power In Public And Private Spheres Catherine Zuromskis 4. Family Photography and the Global Drama of Human Rights Andrea Noble 5. Dreams of Ordinary Life: Cartes-De-Visite and the Bourgeois Imagination Geoffrey Batchen 6. Race and Reproduction in Camera Lucida Shawn Michelle Smith 7. Benjamin, Atget, and the 'Readymade' Politics of Postmodern Photography Studies Kelly Dennis 8. Being Exposed: Thinking Photography and Community in Spencer Tunick's Naked World Through the Lens of Jean-Luc Nancy Louis Kaplan 9. Plato's Dilemma: 'And in This Fairy World of Labour See / A Type Of What The Actual World Should Be' Donald Preziosi Bibliography Index.
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