Jeff Wall and the Concept of the Picture

ISBN-13: 9781350137868 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 206 str.

Naomi Merritt

Opis

This book grapples with fundamental questions about the evolving nature of pictorial representation, and the role photography has played in this ongoing process.

Spis treści

Introduction: Jeff Wall and the Concept of the Picture Part I – Pictures ‘Printed on the Void’ 1 – The Photographic Condition 2 – Photography after Conceptualism 3 – The Photography of Modern Life 4 – Performative Pictures 5 – Photography en-abyme: Towards Cinematography Part II – The Frame 6 – Picture for Women: From Manet’s Mirror to Cinema’s Mobile Frame 7 – Restoration: The Fugitive Condition of Representation Part III – The Photographic Moment 8 – Milk: Liquid Contingency and the Grid 9 – A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai): The Absence of Fuji   Conclusion: Photography’s Negotiation of the Terrain of the Picture