This introductory textbook examines key debates in photographic theory within their social and political contexts. Chapters on key topics and genres are supported by glossaries of terms, bibliographies and resource information, including guides to public archives and useful websites.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415190576
ISBN-13
9780415190572
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1662671
Product Key Features
Book Title
Photography : Critical Introduction
Author
Wells
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, History, History / General
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Photography, Art
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.7in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
44.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tr145.P48 2000
Edition Description
Revised Edition,New Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
"A brilliantly designed book. It provides a much-needed conceptual perspective, so lacking in other histories of photography, and with the new material on photojournalism is even stronger." - Ulrich Keller, University of California at Santa Barbara
Table of Content
Introduction 1. Thinking about Pphotography: Debates Historically and Now 2. Surveyors and Surveyed: Photography Out and About 3. 'Sweet it is to Scan ...': Personal Photographs and Popular Photography 4. Construction of Illusion: Photography and Commodity Culture 5. The Subject as Object: Photography and the Human Body 6. On and Beyond the White Walls: The Status of Photography as Art 7. Photography in the Age of Electronic Imaging