02511nam 2200565 a 450 991046135330332120200520144314.00-203-88648-8(CKB)2670000000094069(EBL)801880(OCoLC)797919215(SSID)ssj0000526536(PQKBManifestationID)12204702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526536(PQKBWorkID)10521563(PQKB)11227663(MiAaPQ)EBC801880(Au-PeEL)EBL801880(CaPaEBR)ebr10477483(CaONFJC)MIL345831(EXLCZ)99267000000009406920100506d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhat photography is[electronic resource] /James ElkinsNew York Routledge20111 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-99569-8 0-415-99568-X Includes bibliographical references.Writing -- Selenite, ice, salt -- From the Green River to the Brunswick peninsula -- A drop of water, World Trade center dust -- The rapatronic camera -- Lingqi.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.Photography, ArtisticPhotographyPhilosophyElectronic books.Photography, Artistic.PhotographyPhilosophy.770.1Elkins James1955-847219MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461353303321What photography is1903419UNINA