LEADER 03690nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910817266203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610754298 010 $a9781136090134 010 $a1136090134 010 $a9781136090141 010 $a1136090142 010 $a9781280754296 010 $a128075429X 010 $a9780080468389 010 $a0080468381 024 7 $a10.4324/9780080468389 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362761 035 $a(EBL)288777 035 $a(OCoLC)469402082 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108998 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138978 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108998 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10045328 035 $a(PQKB)10870513 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL288777 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10169912 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75429 035 $a(OCoLC)123437085 035 $a(CaSebORM)9780240516523 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC288777 035 $a(OCoLC)857720128 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn857720128 035 $a(OCoLC)60793571 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB153998 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362761 100 $a20050415d2005 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBasic critical theory for photographers /$fAshley la Grange 205 $a1st edition 210 $aOxford ;$aBurlington, MA $cElsevier Focal Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781138129573 311 08$a1138129577 311 08$a9780240516523 311 08$a0240516524 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 Colour 327 $a10. 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; Index 330 $aBasic 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 de 606 $aPhotographic criticism 606 $aPhotography$xPhilosophy 615 0$aPhotographic criticism. 615 0$aPhotography$xPhilosophy. 676 $a770 676 $a770.1 676 $a770.1 700 $aLa Grange$b Ashley$01671648 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817266203321 996 $aBasic critical theory for photographers$94034368 997 $aUNINA