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UNINA9910963032603321 |
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Autore |
Elkins James <1955-> |
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Titolo |
What photography is / / James Elkins |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Routledge, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-84442-9 |
0-203-88648-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Photography, Artistic |
Photography - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Writing -- Selenite, ice, salt -- From the Green River to the Brunswick peninsula -- A drop of water, World Trade center dust -- The rapatronic camera -- Lingqi. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner as he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is. In the course of an extended imaginary dialogue with Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, Elkins argues that photography is also about meaninglessness--its apparently endless capacity to show us things that we do not want or need to see--and also about pain, because extremely powerful images can sear permanently into our consciousness. Extensively illustrated with a surprising range of images, the book demonstrates that what makes photography uniquely powerful is its ability to express the difficulty--physical, psychological, emotional, and aesthetic--of the act of seeing. |
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