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Photography: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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Product 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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #79560 in Books
- Published on: 2006-08-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 176 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Dr Steve Edwards is Research Lecturer in Art History at the Open University. Publications include the successful Art and its Histories (Yale, 1999), as Editor.
Customer Reviews
a gem!
Anyone interested in the theory of photography can not go wrong with this little book. The author has thorough knowledge of the subject covering all themes from the birth of the camera/photography to the post-modern age including brief discussion of digital photography. As Edwards says in his preface this is not a 'how to' book, it is a discussion of the nature and practice of photograhy, he also writes engagingly. Also contains a very good bibliography.
