From James Agee to W. G. Sebald, there has been an explosion of
modern documentary narratives and fiction combining text and
photography in complex and fascinating ways. However, these
contemporary experiments are part of a tradition that stretches
back to the early years of photography. Writers have been
integrating photographs into their work for as long as photographs
have existed, producing rich, multilayered creations; and
photographers have always made images that incorporate, respond to,
or function as writing. "On Writing with Photography" explores what
happens to texts--and images--when they are brought together.
From the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this collection
addresses a wide range of genres and media, including graphic
novels, children's books, photo-essays, films, diaries, newspapers,
and art installations. Examining the works of Herman Melville, Don
DeLillo, Claude McKay, Man Ray, Dare Wright, Guy Debord, Zhang
Ailing, and Roland Barthes, among others, the essays trace the
relationship between photographs and "reality" and describe the
imaginary worlds constructed by both, discussing how this
production can turn into testimony of personal and collective
history, memory and trauma, gender and sexuality, and
ethnicity.
Together, these essays help explain how writers and
photographers--past and present--have served as powerful creative
resources for each other.
Contributors: Stuart Burrows, Brown U; Roderick Coover, Temple
U; Adrian Daub, Stanford U; Marcy J. Dinius, DePaul U; Marianne
Hirsch, Columbia U; Daniel H. Magilow, U of Tennessee, Knoxville;
Janine Mileaf; Tyrus Miller, U of California, Santa Cruz; Leah
Rosenberg, U of Florida; Xiaojue Wang, U of Pennsylvania.
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