Photography: A Critical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780367222758 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 464 str.

Liz Wells

Opis

Now in its sixth edition, this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, it provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Thinking about photography: debates, historically and now Derrick Price and Liz Wells 2. Surveryors and surveyed: photography out and about Derrick Price 3. 'Sweet it is to scan...': personal photographs and popular photography Patricia Holland 4. The subject as object: photography and the human body Michelle Henning with Carole Baker 5. Spectacles and illusions: photography and commodity culture Anandi Ramamurthy 6. On and beyond the white walls: photography as art Liz Wells Afterword Glossary From analogue to digital Photography archives Bibliography

O autorze

Liz Wells is Professor Emeritus in Photographic Culture, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, University of Plymouth, UK.