Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before (Hardcover)

A renowned critic and historian offers a radically new account of the meaning of ambitious art photography since the Bechers From the late 1970s onward, serious art photography began to be made at large scale and for the wall. Michael Fried argues that this immediately compelled photographers to grapple with issues centering on the relationship between the photograph and the viewer standing before it that until then had been the province only of painting. Fried further demonstrates that certain philosophically deep problems-associated with notions of theatricality, literalness, and objecthood, and touching on the role of original intention in artistic production, first discussed in his contro versial essay "Art and Objecthood" (1967)-have come to the fore once again in recent photography. This means that the photo graphic "ghetto" no longer exists; instead photography is at the cutting edge of contemporary art as never before.Among the photographers and video-makers whose work receives serious attention in this powerfully argued book are Jeff Wall, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky, Luc Delahaye, Rineke Dijkstra, Patrick Faigenbaum, Roland Fischer, Thomas Demand, Candida Hoefer, Beat Streuli, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, James Welling, and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Future discussions of the new art photography will have no choice but to take a stand for or against Fried's conclusions.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	December 2008
Authors:	Michael Fried
Dimensions:	275 x 195 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	409
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-13684-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > General
LSN:	0-300-13684-6
Barcode:	9780300136845

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!