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- The first book that collects an international range of
accomplished practitioners and academics together to share their
innovative photography practices - Written in a clear and
accessible style, ideal for students and practitioners - Uses
tangible examples and relatable practices that can inspire or be
extrapolated into the reader's own practice - Visually rich with
150 full colour images demonstrating a diverse set of practices.
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Salon Moderne
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Fabienne Eggelhofer, Monica Lutz
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Rethinking Photography is an accessible and illuminating critical
introduction to the practice and interpretation of photography
today. Peter Smith and Carolyn Lefley closely link critical
approaches to photographic practices and present a detailed study
of differing historical and contemporary perspectives on social and
artistic functions of the medium, including photography as art,
documentary forms, advertising and personal narratives. Richly
illustrated full colour images throughout connect key concepts to
real world examples. It also includes: Accessible book chapters on
key topics including early photography, photography and industrial
society, the rise of photography theory, critical engagement with
anti-realist trends in the theory and practice of photography,
photography and language, photography education, and photography
and the creative economy Specific case studies on photographic
practices include snapshot and portable box cameras, digital and
mobile phone cultures, and computer-generated imagery Critical
summaries of current photography theoretical studies in the field,
displaying how critical theory has been mapped on to working
practices of photographers and students In-depth profiles of
selected key photographers and theorists and studies of their
professional practices Assessment of photography as a key area of
contemporary aesthetic debate Focused and critical study of the
world of working photographers beyond the horizons of the academy.
Rethinking Photography provides readers with an engaging mix of
photographic case studies and an accessible exploration of
essential theory. It is the perfect guide for students of
Photography, Fine Art, Art History, and Graphic Design as well as
practitioners from any background wishing to understand the place
of photography in global societies today.
The status of photographs in the history of museum collections is a
complex one. From its very beginnings the double capacity of
photography - as a tool for making a visual record on the one hand
and an aesthetic form in its own right on the other - has created
tensions about its place in the hierarchy of museum objects. While
major collections of 'art' photography have grown in status and
visibility, photographs not designated 'art' are often invisible in
museums. Yet almost every museum has photographs as part of its
ecosystem, gathered as information, corroboration or documentation,
shaping the understanding of other classes of objects, and many of
these collections remain uncatalogued and their significance
unrecognised. This volume presents a series of case studies on the
historical collecting and usage of photographs in museums. Using
critically informed empirical investigation, it explores
substantive and historiographical questions such as what is the
historical patterning in the way photographs have been produced,
collected and retained by museums? How do categories of the
aesthetic and evidential shape the history of collecting
photographs? What has been the work of photographs in museums? What
does an understanding of photograph collections add to our
understanding of collections history more broadly? What are the
methodological demands of research on photograph collections? The
case studies cover a wide range of museums and collection types,
from art galleries to maritime museums, national collections to
local history museums, and international perspectives including
Cuba, France, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK.
Together they offer a fascinating insight into both the history of
collections and collecting, and into the practices and poetics of
archives across a range of disciplines, including the history of
science, museum studies, archaeology and anthropology.
This collection of more than 40 photo assignments is designed to
help all students-from beginning freshmen to experienced
seniors-improve or reinvigorate their work and reach their full
potential as photographers. Whether you are building a syllabus for
your first photography class, revitalizing assignments for your
students, or looking to add DSLR video, workflow, or color
correction to your class, you will find a wealth of ideas in this
wonderful working guide. The assignments begin with using the
camera, and progress through learning composition and lighting,
working in genres, building a portfolio and more.
Cats were seen as omens in ancient times but eventually became
trusted animal companions to those who sailed the seas. From
catching rats at docks and on ships at sea, cats often became
mascots to the navies around the globe. Filled with informative
text and more than eighty photos, Cats in the Navy provides a fun
history of our feline friends who rode the waves with us.
The Civil War was the first 'image war', as photographs of the
battlefields became the dominant means for capturing an epochal
historical moment. At the same time, writers used the Civil War to
present both their notions of nation and their ideas about the new
intersections between photography and literary form. Through The
Negative offers an account of the collisions between print and
visual culture in the work of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain and Crane
as they responded to and incorporated the work of such
photographers as George Barnard, Alexander Gardner and Jacob Riis.
Through the Negative examines how key nineteenth-century American
writers attempted to combat, understand, and incorporate the advent
of photography in their fiction. In so doing, Megan Williams
demonstrates how analyzing the impact of photography on the diverse
narrative histories of the nineteenth century yields fresh insights
about contemporary art and writing, as the photographic image
continues to shape national consciousness.
Almost all museums hold photographs in their collections, and
museum professionals and their audiences engage with photographs in
a myriad of ways. Yet despite some three decades of critical
museology and photographic theory, and an extensive debate on the
politics of representation, outside art museums, almost no critical
attention has been given specifically to the roles, purposes and
lives of these photographs within museums. This book brings into
focus the ubiquitous yet entirely unconsidered work that
photographs are put to in museums. The authors' argument is that
there is an economy of photographs in museums which is integral to
the processes of the museum, and integral to the understanding of
museums. The international contributors, drawn from curators and
academics, reflect a range of visual and museological expertise.
After an introduction setting out the range of questions and
problems, the first part addresses broad curatorial strategies and
ways of thinking about photographs in museums. Shifting the
emphasis from curatorial practices and anxieties to the space of
the gallery, this is followed by a series of case studies of
exhibitionary practices and the museum strategies that support
them. The third section focuses on the role of photographs in the
museum articulation of 'difficult histories'. A final section
addresses photograph collections in a digital environment. New
technologies and new media have transformed the management, address
and purposing in photographs in museums, from cataloguing practices
to streaming on social media. These growing practices challenge
both traditional hierarchies of knowledge in museums and the
location of authority about photographs. The volume emerges from
PhotoCLEC, a HERA funded project on museums and the photographic
legacy of the colonial past in a postcolonial and multicultural
Europe.
This essential reference for photography students explains how to
become part of the professional community. By defining professional
photography today, and exploring what is expected of professional
photographers, the book demystifies this often-misunderstood and
misjudged career track. The easily accessible text provides readers
with valuable information, inspiration, and education on topics
including developing your photographic voice, finding your area of
specialization, exploring the moving image, building a website, and
understanding self-presentation, promotion, legal aspects, and
marketing. It also features inspirational projects for students to
embark on their education in photography.
Buried in the 14th century BC but unearthed by Howard Carter in
1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamun are an invaluable
window into a long-extinct belief system. Seen today, they create
an intricate picture of how the ancient Egyptian people viewed the
perilous journey to paradise, a utopian Egypt that could only be
entered following the final judgment. When acclaimed photographer
Sandro Vannini started his work in Egypt in the late '90s, a
technological revolution was about to unfold. Emerging technologies
enabled him to document murals, tombs, and artifacts in
unprecedented detail. Using the time-consuming and strenuous
multi-shot technique, Vannini produced complete photographic
reproductions that revealed colors in their original tones with
vivid intensity. Through these extraordinary images, we discover
the objects' quintessential features alongside the sophisticated
and cleverly hidden details. This comprehensive guide marks the
centenary of Carter's first excavations in the Valley of the Kings.
These inestimable works endure through Vannini's photographs in
their full, timeless splendor. From offerings and rituals to Osiris
and eternal life, Vannini's portfolio covers all facets of ancient
Egyptian culture-but it is Tutankhamun's unique legacy that
dominates these images. With texts by the photographer, captions by
specialist Mohamed Megahed, and chapter introductions from scholars
in the field, King Tut. The Journey through the Underworld puts
much-debated mysteries to rest. The learned yet accessible
forewords come from distinguished Egyptologists including Salima
Ikram and David P. Silverman. Insightful narratives, resplendent
images, and a contemporary standpoint make this title a fitting
tribute to the Boy King's odyssey, illuminating an epoch that
spanned an unimaginable 4,000 years. About the series TASCHEN is
40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980,
TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping
bookworms around the world curate their own library of art,
anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we
celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our
company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the
stars of our program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still
realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
Modernism both influenced and was fascinated by the rhetorical and
aesthetic manifestations of fascism. In examining how four artists
and writers represented fascist leaders, Annalisa Zox-Weaver aims
to achieve a more complex understanding of the modernist political
imagination. She examines how photographer Lee Miller, filmmaker
Leni Riefenstahl, writer Gertrude Stein and journalist Janet
Flanner interpret, dramatize and exploit Hitler, Goering and
Petain. Within their own artistic medium, each of these modernists
explore confrontations between private and public identity, and
historical narrative and the construction of myth. This study makes
use of extensive archival material, such as letters, photographs,
journals, unpublished manuscripts and ephemera, and includes ten
illustrations. This interdisciplinary perspective opens up wider
discussions of the relationship between artists and dictators,
modernism and fascism, and authority and representation.
If you license or publish images, this guide is as indispensable as
your camera. It provides specific information on the legal rights
of photographers, illustrators, artists, covering intellectual
property, copyright, and business concerns in an easy-to-read,
accessible manner. The Copyright Zone, Second Edition covers: what
is and isn't copyrightable, copyright registration, fair use, model
releases, contracts and invoices, pricing and negotiation, and much
more. Presented in a fun and easy to digest style, Jack Reznicki
and Ed Greenberg, LLC help explain the need-to-know facts of the
confusing world of legal jargon and technicalities through real
world case studies, personal asides, and the clear writing style
that has made their blog Thecopyrightzone.com and monthly column by
the same name in Photoshop User magazine two industry favorites.
The second edition of this well-reviewed text has almost doubled in
size to ensure that every legal issue you need to know about as a
photographer or artist is covered and enjoyable to learn!
Situations of conflict offer special insights into the history of
the interpreter figure, and specifically the part played in that
history by photographic representations of interpreters. This book
analyses photo postcards, snapshots and press photos from several
historical periods of conflict, associated with different
photographic technologies and habits of image consumption: the
colonial period, the First and Second World War, and the Cold War.
The book's methodological approach to the "framing" of the
interpreter uses tools taken primarily from visual anthropology,
sociology and visual syntax to analyse the imagery of the modern
era of interpreting. By means of these interpretative frames, the
contributions suggest that each culture, subculture or social group
constructed its own representation of the interpreter figure
through photography. The volume breaks new ground for image-based
research in translation studies by examining photographic
representations that reveal the interpreter as a socially
constructed category. It locates the interpreter's mediating
efforts at the core of the human sciences. This book will be of
interest to researchers and advanced students in translation and
interpreting studies, as well as to those working in visual
studies, photography, anthropology and military/conflict studies.
Skylum's Luminar AI is a great solution for both professional and
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and JPEG images, including advanced features such as masks, blend
modes, and lens correction. Luminar AI also works as a plug-in for
other applications, such as Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and
Apple Photos, allowing round-trip editing and seamless integration
with workflows you may already have in place. Luminar AI is
deceptively deep, and in The Photographer's Guide to Luminar AI,
photographer Jeff Carlson helps you discover Luminar AI's best
features to take full advantage of the program for all your
photography needs. From importing your images to editing, managing,
and exporting your files, Jeff showcases the power, precision, and
control of Luminar while teaching you to work quickly and
efficiently. In this book, he walks you through real-world
landscape and portrait edits, and covers every tool and feature
with the goal of helping you understand how to make Luminar improve
your images. In this book you'll learn all about: - AI editing:
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Expert editing: Take advantage of Luminar's many professional tools
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Luminar's creative tools, which range from adding glow, texture,
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Photography and architecture have a uniquely powerful resonance -
architectural form provides the camera with the subject for some of
its most compelling imagery, while photography profoundly
influences how architecture is represented, imagined and produced.
Camera Constructs is the first book to reflect critically on the
varied interactions of the different practices by which
photographers, artists, architects, theorists and historians engage
with the relationship of the camera to architecture, the city and
the evolution of Modernism. The title thus on the one hand opposes
the medium of photography and the materiality of construction - but
on the other can be read as saying that the camera invariably
constructs what it depicts: the photograph is not a simple
representation of an external reality, but constructs its own
meanings and reconstructs its subjects. Twenty-three essays by a
wide range of historians and theorists are grouped under the themes
of 'Modernism and the Published Photograph', 'Architecture and the
City Re-imagined', 'Interpretative Constructs' and 'Photography in
Design Practices.' They are preceded by an Introduction that
comprehensively outlines the subject and elaborates on the diverse
historical and theoretical contexts of the authors' approaches.
Camera Constructs provides a rich and highly original analysis of
the relationship of photography to built form from the early modern
period to the present day.
Virtually unparalleled in scope and spanning more than five
decades, the photography of visionary Helmut Newton (1920-2004)
reached millions through publication in magazines like Vogue and
Elle. His oeuvre transcended genres, bringing elegance, style, and
voyeurism to fashion, portrait, and glamour photography through a
body of work that remains as inimitable as it is unrivaled. Having
mastered the art of fashion photography early in his career,
Newton's shoots invariably went beyond standard practice, blurring
the lines between reality and illusion. Newton's clear aesthetic
pervades all areas of his work, particularly fashion, portraiture,
and nude photography. Women take center stage - with subjects such
as Catherine Deneuve, Liz Taylor, and Charlotte Rampling. Moving
beyond traditional narrative approaches, Newton's fashion
photography is imbued not only with luxurious elegance and subtle
seduction, but also cultural references and a surprising sense of
humor. During the 1990s, Newton shot for the German, American,
Italian, French, and Russian editions of Vogue, primarily in and
around Monte Carlo where he was living from 1981 onwards.
Transforming locations like his own garage into starkly contrasting
or particularly minimalist theatrical stages, Newton would often
portray the eccentric lives of the beautiful and rich, full of
eroticism and elegance, in unconventional scenarios. He made use of
and simultaneously questioned visual cliches, at times tinged with
self-irony or mockery, but always full of empathy. Helmut Newton.
Legacy, which accompanies an international exhibition tour of
Newton's work, showcases highlights from one of the most published
bodies of work in photography, including numerous rediscovered
images. A prolific image maker and genuine visionary, this book
celebrates Newton's lasting influence on modern photography and
visual art to this day.
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Aperture 235
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Michael Famighetti
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Virginia Woolf 's prescient 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a
young nobleman who, during the era of Elizabeth I, mysteriously
shifts gender, and lives on for three centuries without aging.
Today, Orlando remains startlingly fresh for its playful imagining
of gender fluidity. In 1992, filmmaker Sally Potter released an
adaptation of the book with Tilda Swinton carrying the film as
Orlando. Woolf 's tale has continued to hold sway over Swinton, who
describes the book's ability "to change like a magic mirror. Where
I once assumed it was a book about eternal youth, I now see it as a
book about growing up, about learning to live." This special issue
of Aperture magazine, guest edited by Swinton, will draw upon the
themes of the novel-gender, indeterminate space, and the passage of
time-and offer readers a collection of images and writings that
celebrate openness and curiosity, in contrast to a contemporary
political moment of insurgent parochialism and divisiveness. "Woolf
wrote Orlando," Swinton notes, "in an attitude of celebration of
the oscillating nature of existence. She believed the creative mind
to be androgynous. I have come to see Orlando far less as being
about gender than about the flexibility of the fully awake and
sensate spirit: as Orlando him/herself so memorably remarks at the
critical moment of transformation: 'Same person, different sex: no
difference at all.' The issue of Aperture, then, will be a salute
to indetermination. Peopled by voices and visions of artists and
writers who are kaleidoscopically wired."
Formerly a British colony, the island of Cyprus is now a divided
country, where histories of political and cultural conflicts, as
well as competing identities, are still contested. Cyprus provides
the ideal case study for this innovative exploration, extensively
illustrated, of how the practice of photography in relation to its
political, cultural and economic contexts both contributes and
responds to the formation of identity. Contributors from Cyprus,
Greece, the UK and the USA, representing diverse disciplines, draw
from photography theory, art history, anthropology and sociology to
explore how the island and its people have been represented
photographically. They reveal how the different gazes- colonial,
political, gendered, and within art photography- contribute to the
creation of individual and national identities and, by extension,
to the creation and re-creation of imagery of Cyprus as place.
While Photography and Cyprus focuses on one geographical and
cultural territory, the questions this book asks and the themes and
arguments it follows apply also to other places characterized by
their colonial heritage. The intriguing example of Cyprus thus
serves as a fitting test-ground for current debates relating to
photography, place and identity.
Why do photographs interest writers, especially autobiographical
writers? Ever since their invention, photographs have featured - as
metaphors, as absent inspirations, and latterly as actual objects -
in written texts. In autobiographical texts, their presence has
raised particularly acute questions about the rivalry between these
two media, their relationship to the 'real', and the nature of the
constructed self. In this timely study, based on the most recent
developments in the fields of photography theory, self-writing and
photo-biography, Akane Kawakami offers an intriguing narrative
which runs from texts containing metaphorical photographs through
ekphrastic works to phototexts. Her choice of Marcel Proust, Herve
Guibert, Annie Ernaux and Gerard Mace provides unusual readings of
works seldom considered in this context, and teases out surprising
similarities between unexpected conjunctions.
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