Photography and Celebrity: Fame and Images

ISBN-13: 9781472592323 / Angielski / Twarda / 2027 / 224 str.

Stephen Bull

Opis

In the 21st century the photographic image is increasingly integral to everyday communications, while, simultaneously, the culture of fame is participated in and understood by almost everyone.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Celebrity Before Photography: Famous and Faceless 2. The Look of Celebrity: Photography and Personality in the 19th Century 3. Fame: The Golden Age of Celebrity and Mass Reproduction 4. Shame: Paparazzi Photography and Mortification 5. Meeting Celebrities: Fan Photography, or Selfies with the Stars 6. Tweeting Celebrities: Fame, Photographs and Social Media 7. Double Take: Photography, Celebrity and Art 8. Photography After Celebrity: Virtual Fame Conclusion Bibliography Index

O autorze

Stephen Bull is an artist, writer and lecturer and is currently the Course Leader for BA Photography at the University of Brighton, Brighton, UK. He is the author of Photography (Routledge, 2009) and the editor of the Companion to Photography (Blackwell, 2015).