Photography : theoretical snapshots / / edited by J.J. Long, Andrea Noble and Edward Welch

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 770.1
• Soggetto topico: Photography - Philosophy; Images, Photographic
• Altri autori: LongJ. J <1969-> (Jonathan James) NobleAndrea WelchEdward <1973->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: A small history of photography studies; Chapter 1 Mindless photography; Chapter 2 Thinking photography beyond the visual?; Chapter 3 On snapshot photography: Rethinking photographic power in public and private spheres; Chapter 4 Family photography and the global drama of human rights; Chapter 5 Dreams of ordinary life: Cartes-de-visite and the bourgeois imagination; Chapter 6 Race and reproduction in Camera Lucida ; Chapter 7 Benjamin, Atget and the 'readymade' politics of postmodern photography studiesChapter 8 Being exposed: Thinking photography and community in Spencer Tunick's naked world through the lens of Jean-Luc Nancy; Chapter 9 Plato's dilemma': And in this fairy world of labour see A type of what the actual world should be'; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the past twenty-five years, photography has moved to centre-stage in the study of visual culture and has established itself in numerous disciplines. This trend has brought with it a diversification in approaches to the study of the photographic image. Photography: Theoretical Snapshots offers exciting perspectives on photography theory today from some of the world's leading critics and theorists. It introduces new means of looking at photographs, with topics including: a community-based understanding of Spencer Tunick's controversial installations
• Titolo autorizzato: Photography
• ISBN: 1-135-25362-5; 1-135-25363-3; 1-282-12509-5; 9786612125096; 0-203-86903-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777976903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II