03373oam 2200673I 450 991078457260332120200520144314.01-136-09013-41-136-09014-21-280-75429-X97866107542980-08-046838-110.4324/9780080468389 (CKB)1000000000362761(EBL)288777(OCoLC)469402082(SSID)ssj0000108998(PQKBManifestationID)11138978(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108998(PQKBWorkID)10045328(PQKB)10870513(Au-PeEL)EBL288777(CaPaEBR)ebr10169912(CaONFJC)MIL75429(OCoLC)123437085(CaSebORM)9780240516523(MiAaPQ)EBC288777(EXLCZ)99100000000036276120180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBasic critical theory for photographers /Ashley la Grange1st editionOxford :Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier,2005.1 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-12957-7 0-240-51652-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Basic Critical Theory for Photographers; Copyright Page; Contents; How to use this book; Frontispiece; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. John Berger, Ways of Seeing; 2. John Szarkowski, The Photographer's Eye and Stephen Shore, The Nature of Photographs; 3. Susan Sontag, On Photography; 4. Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida; 5. Martha Rosler, In, Around and Afterthoughts (On Documentary Photography); 6. Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Inside/Out; 7. Clive Scott, The Spoken Image: Photography and Language; 8. Andy Grundberg, The Crisis of the Real; 9. Raghubir Singh, River of Colour10. Bertrand Russell, Appearance and Reality11. Italo Calvino, The Adventures of a Photographer; 12. Poems by Felix Morisseau-Leroy and George Szirtes; 13. Robert Adams', John Baldessari's and Peter Godwin's Analysis of Particular Photographs; Figures; Bibliography; Appendixes; Glossary; IndexBasic Critical Theory for Photographers generates discussion, thought and practical assignments around key debates in photography. Ashley la Grange avoids the trap of an elitist and purely academic approach to critical theory, taking a dual theoretical and practical approach when considering the issues. Key critical theory texts (such as Sontag's 'On Photography' and Barthes' 'Camera Lucida') are clarified and shortened. La Grange avoids editorilising, letting the arguments develop as the writers had intended; it is the assignments which call into question each writer's approach and promote dePhotographic criticismPhotographyPhilosophyPhotographic criticism.PhotographyPhilosophy.770770.1La Grange Ashley.1584284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784572603321Basic critical theory for photographers3867945UNINA