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The Photography Reader
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Product Description
This is a comprehensive introduction to theories of photography. Each thematic section features an editor's introduction setting ideas and debates in their historical and theoretical context.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #28422 in Books
- Published on: 2002-11-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
Editorial Reviews
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‘A valuable and accessible resource … an outstanding aid for photography students and enthusiasts … highly recommended.’ - Media International Australia inc Culture & Policy
From the Back Cover
The Photography Reader is a comprehensive introduction to theories of photography; its production; and its uses and effects. Including articles by photographers from Edward Weston to Jo Spence, as well as key thinkers like Roland Barthes, Victor Burgin and Susan Sontag, the essays trace the development of ideas about photography. Each themed section features an editor's introduction setting ideas and debates in their historical and theoretical context.
Sections include: Reflections on Photography; Photographic Seeing; Coding and Rhetoric; Photography and the Postmodern; Photo-digital; Documentary and Photojournalism; The Photographic Gaze; Image and Identity; Institutions and Contexts.
Customer Reviews
Essential Photography Reader
This is a very good outline of many of the main themes in photography - particularly if you are studying photography or visual media in a cultural context. Difficult but rewarding!
