Photography
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780192801647
Publication date:
09/10/2006
Paperback
176 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780192801647
Publication date:
09/10/2006
Paperback
176 pages
Steve Edwards
A clear, lively, and imaginative approach to the definition, importance, and meaning of photography,Challenges readers' notions about the definition of photography, and why it is such an important part of our cultural life,Includes both well-known and more unusual photographs, from the highly controversial Cottingley Fairies photograph to Ansel Adams landscapes, and from the shocking and influential Eddie Adams image of a Vietcong suspect being executed to the portrait work of Cindy Sherman.
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Steve Edwards
Description
Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives from sensationalist images in tabloid papers and snapshots, to art photograpy displayed in galleries and sold through international art markets. In this thought-provoking exploration of the subject, Edwards combines a sense of the historical development of photography with an analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context. He interrogates the way we look and think about photographs, and considers such issues as truth and recording, objectivity and fine art, identity and memory.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press
contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Steve Edwards, Research Lecturer in Art History at the Open UniversitySteve Edwards
Table of contents
1:Forgetting Photography
2:Documents
3:Pictures
4:What is a photograph?
5:The apparatus and its image
6:Fantasy and remembrance
Afterword: Digital photography
Further reading
Steve Edwards
Description
Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives from sensationalist images in tabloid papers and snapshots, to art photograpy displayed in galleries and sold through international art markets. In this thought-provoking exploration of the subject, Edwards combines a sense of the historical development of photography with an analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context. He interrogates the way we look and think about photographs, and considers such issues as truth and recording, objectivity and fine art, identity and memory.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press
contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Steve Edwards, Research Lecturer in Art History at the Open UniversityTable of contents
1:Forgetting Photography
2:Documents
3:Pictures
4:What is a photograph?
5:The apparatus and its image
6:Fantasy and remembrance
Afterword: Digital photography
Further reading
Beth Williamson
Dana Arnold
Partha Mitter
David Hopkins
Matthew Restall
Dana Arnold
Geraldine A Johnson
Yashodhara Dalmia
Giorgio Vasari, Julia Conaway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella
David Cottington
