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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792455803321

Autore

Bull Stephen

Titolo

Photography / / Stephen Bull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-27019-8

1-135-27021-X

1-135-27022-8

1-282-57647-X

9786612576478

0-203-86729-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Routledge introductions to media and communications

Disciplina

770.1

Soggetti

Photography - Philosophy

Photography - Social aspects

Photographs - Psychological aspects

Mass media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: PHOTOGRAPHY NOW; 2 THE IDENTITY OF PHOTOGRAPHY; 3 THE MEANINGS OF PHOTOGRAPHS; 4 PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SALE; 5 SNAPSHOTS; 6 THE PHOTOGRAPH AS DOCUMENT; 7 PHOTOGRAPHS AS ART; 8 PHOTOGRAPHS IN FASHION; 9 PHOTOGRAPHY AND CELEBRITY; 10 CONCLUSION: AFTER PHOTOGRAPHY?; FURTHER READING; FURTHER RESOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Photography explores the photograph in the twenty-first century and its importance as a media form. Stephen Bull considers our media-saturated society and the place of photography in everyday life, introducing the theories used to analyse photographs and exploring the impact of digital technology.The text is split into short, accessible chapters on the broad themes central to the study and analysis of photography, and key issues are explained and applied to visual



examples in each chapter. Topics covered include:the identity of photographythe m