Photography Critical Introduction

Name: Photography Critical Introduction
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ISBN: 9780415190572

ISBN-10: 0415190576

ISBN-13: 9780415190572

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: WELLS

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Surveying the spectrum of photography from the mid-nineteenth century to the present,Photography: A Critical Introductionis the first book to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their proper social and political contexts. While most histories of photography invariably focus on the works of the "great photographers," this book is written especially to provide a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing and its personal and cultural significance through history. Contributors lucidly examine a range of major photographic theories, histories, genres and issues, covering such topics as key debates in photographic theory and history; documentary…

Book details

List price: $125.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/6/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English



Notes on Contributors


Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Thinking about photography: debates historically and now



Surveyors and surveyed: photography out and about



'Sweet it is to scan...': personal photographs and popular photography



Construction of illusion: photography and commodity culture



The subject as object: photography and the human body



On and beyond the white walls: the status of photography as art



Photography in the age of electronic imaging