Photographs Objects Histories - On the Materiality of Images (Paperback)

This innovative volume explores the idea that while photographs are images, they are also objects, and this materiality is integral to their meaning and use. The case studies presented focus on photographs active in different institutional, political, religious and domestic spheres, where physical properties, the nature of their use and the cultural formations in which they function make their 'objectness' central to how we should understand them. The international contributors are drawn from disciplines including the history of photogarphy, visual anthropology and art history, and their pieces focus on areas ranging from the Netherlands, North America and Australia to Japan, Romania and Tibet. Each shows the methodological strategies they have developed in order to fully exploit the idea of the materiality of photographic images. Inspiring and instructive, the book can be used either as an overview of this exciting new area of investigation, or as a practical guide to the student or academic on how to understand photographs as objects in diverse contexts.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	2004
Editors:	Elizabeth Edwards • Janice Hart
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-25442-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
LSN:	0-415-25442-6
Barcode:	9780415254427

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