A History of Light - The Idea of Photography

When was photography invented, in 1826 with the first permanent photograph? If we depart from the technologically oriented accounts and consider photography as a philosophical discourse an alternative history appears, one which examines the human impulse to reconstruct the photographic or "the evoking of light". It''s significance throughout the history of ideas is explored via the Platonic Dialogues, Iamblichus'' theurgic writings, and Marsilio Ficino''s texts. This alternative history is not a replacement of other narratives of photographic history but rather offers a way of rethinking photography''s ontological instability.>

About the author

Dr Junko Theresa Mikuriya is Associate Professor in Photography at the University of West London, UK, as well as a freelance photographer with extensive experience in the fashion and music industries. She is author of A History of Light: The Idea of Photography (Bloomsbury, 2016).

Product details

• Authors: Junko Theresa Mikuriya, Junko Theresa (University of West London Mikuriya, Theresa Mikuriya, Mikuriya Junko Theresa
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781474254175
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-5417-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Photography & photographs, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Photography and photographs