03050nam 22005894a 450 99620999210331620170810195535.01-282-34210-X97866123421030-470-69665-60-470-69589-7(CKB)1000000000687400(EBL)470766(OCoLC)609849814(SSID)ssj0000305988(PQKBManifestationID)11241502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305988(PQKBWorkID)10294676(PQKB)10536313(MiAaPQ)EBC470766(PPN)261680420(EXLCZ)99100000000068740020070614d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhotography and philosophy[electronic resource] essays on the pencil of nature /edited by Scott WaldenMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.c20081 online resource (340 p.)New directions in aesthetics ;5Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-3924-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-317) and index.Photography and Philosophy: Essays on the Pencil of Nature; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Transparent Pictures: On the Nature of Photographic Realism; 2 Photographs and Icons; 3 Photographs as Evidence; 4 Truth in Photography; 5 Documentary Authority and the Art of Photography; 6 Photography and Representation; 7 How Photographs "Signify": Cartier-Bresson's "Reply" to Scruton; 8 Scales of Space and Time in Photography: "Perception Points Two Ways"; 9 True Appreciation; 10 Landscape and Still Life: Static Representations of Static Scenes11 The Problem with Movie Stars12 Pictures of King Arthur: Photography and the Power of Narrative; 13 The Naked Truth; Epilogue; Bibliography; IndexThis anthology offers a fresh approach to the philosophical aspects of photography. The essays, written by contemporary philosophers in a thorough and engaging manner, explore the far-reaching ethical dimensions of photography as it is used today. A first-of-its-kind anthology exploring the link between the art of photography and the theoretical questions it raisesWritten in a thorough and engaging mannerEssayists are all contemporary philosophers who bring with them an exceptional understanding of the broader metaphysical issues pertaining to photographyTakNew directions in aesthetics ;5.PhotographyPhilosophyPhotography, ArtisticPhilosophyPhotographyPhilosophy.Photography, ArtisticPhilosophy.770.1Walden Scott1961-969044MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996209992103316Photography and philosophy2201527UNISA