The Miracle of Analogy is the first of a two-volume
reconceptualization of photography. It argues that photography
originates in what is seen, rather than in the human eye or the
camera lens, and that it is the world's primary way of revealing
itself to us. Neither an index, representation, nor copy, as
conventional studies would have it, the photographic image is an
analogy. This principle obtains at every level of its being: a
photograph analogizes its referent, the negative from which it is
generated, every other print that is struck from that negative, and
all of its digital "offspring." Photography is also unstoppably
developmental, both at the level of the individual image and of
medium. The photograph moves through time, in search of other
"kin," some of which may be visual, but others of which may be
literary, architectural, philosophical, or literary. Finally,
photography develops with us, and in response to us. It assumes
historically legible forms, but when we divest them of their saving
power, as we always seem to do, it goes elsewhere. The present
volume focuses on the nineteenth century and some of its
contemporary progeny. It begins with the camera obscura, which
morphed into chemical photography and lives on in digital form, and
ends with Walter Benjamin. Key figures discussed along the way
include Nicéphore Niépce, Louis Daguerre, William Fox-Talbot,
Jeff Wall, and Joan Fontcuberta.
General
Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2015 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Kaja Silverman
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8047-9399-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8047-9399-9 |
Barcode: |
9780804793995 |
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