Over the past twenty-five years, photography has moved to
centre-stage in the study of visual culture and has established
itself in numerous disciplines. This trend has brought with it a
diversification in approaches to the study of the photographic
image.
Photography: Theoretical Snapshots offers exciting perspectives
on photography theory today from some of the world s leading
critics and theorists. It introduces new means of looking at
photographs, with topics including:
- a community-based understanding of Spencer Tunick s
controversial installations
- the tactile and auditory dimensions of photographic
viewing
- snapshot photography
- the use of photography in human rights discourse.
Photography: Theoretical Snapshots also addresses the question
of photography history, revisiting the work of some of the most
influential theorists such as Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, and
the October group, re-evaluating the neglected genre of the
carte-de-visite photograph, and addressing photography s wider role
within the ideologies of modernity. The collection opens with an
introduction by the editors, analyzing the trajectory of
photography studies and theory over the past three decades and the
ways in which the discipline has been constituted.
Ranging from the most personal to the most dehumanized uses of
photography, from the nineteenth century to the present day, from
Latin America to Northern Europe, Photography: Theoretical
Snapshots will be of value to all those interested in photography,
visual culture, and cultural history.
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