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Zusatztext Praise for the first edition:'While documentary photography is generally well understood! the diverse traditions of conceptual! semi-factual or entirely fictional art photography remain a mystery to many. Why Art Photography? is an accessible and intelligent guide! which addresses key themes like "authenticity" and "objectivity" by examining the thought-provoking work of living! often younger! artists.' Sarah Thornton! author of Seven Days in the Art World'The reader joins Soutter's class to gain access to the rarefied debates encountered at the cutting edge of contemporary art photography.' The Art Newspaper'Soutter has accomplished her mission: to those in the know and those who want to be! she has explained not just the whys but the how-tos of contemporary art photography.' Source magazine Informationen zum Autor Lucy Soutter is a photographer, critic and art historian. She is Course Leader of the Photography Arts MA at the University of Westminster, UK. Her writings on contemporary art and photography include essays in The Photographic Object 1970 (2016), Girls! Girls! Girls! In Contemporary Art (2011), and Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary Photography (2008). Klappentext The new, revised edition of the popular Why Art Photography? Including expanded chapters discussing digital technologies and photography culture and new colour images, the second edition is essential for undergraduates in photography and art. Zusammenfassung The new, revised edition of the popular Why Art Photography? Including expanded chapters discussing digital technologies and photography culture and new colour images, the second edition is essential for undergraduates in photography and art. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Introduction: Why Art Photography? 1 Hybrid Genres: Portraiture 2 Objectivity and Seriousness 3 Fictive Documents 4 Authenticity 5 Digital Dialogues: Spectacle and Spectators 6 Beyond Photography Bibliography Index ...
