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200 10$aWhat photography is$b[electronic resource] /$fJames Elkins
210   $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (241 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $aWriting -- Selenite, ice, salt -- From the Green River to the Brunswick peninsula -- A drop of water, World Trade center dust -- The rapatronic camera -- Lingqi.
330   $aIn 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.
606   $aPhotography, Artistic
606   $aPhotography$xPhilosophy
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