Photography After Postmodernism - Barthes, Stieglitz and the Art of Memory

In life after postmodernism our conception of photography is not the same as before. Photography After Postmodernism starts with this conception and explores what changes have affected photography, its relation to social life and our image-centred culture.

List of contents

Introduction, 1. After Postmodernism, 2. Roland Barthes and Camera Lucida, 3. Return of the Tableau, 4. The Lactation of Meaning, 5. Stieglitz: The Migration of Meaning, 6. Archival Dream, 7. Photographic Episteme

About the author

David Bate is Professor of Photography at the University of Westminster, London, UK. His many writings on photography, theory, art and culture are extensively published. His first book was the highly acclaimed Photography and Surrealism: Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent (2004); and the widely translated Photography: Key Concepts (2019) continues to be an essential introductory book for photography students. Also a practicing artist, his photographic projects have been shown in Australia, China, Europe, South Korea, North America and the UK.

Summary

In life after postmodernism our conception of photography is not the same as before. Photography After Postmodernism starts with this conception and explores what changes have affected photography, its relation to social life and our image-centred culture.

Product details

• Authors: David Bate, Bate David
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.05.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9781845115029
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-502-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Photography, filmmaking, video filmmaking; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Photographic equipment & techniques, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, PHOTOGRAPHY / Criticism, Art & Design Styles: Postmodernism, Photography and photographs, The arts: general topics