Photography and Surrealism Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent

David Bate examines automatism and the photographic image, the Surrealist passion for insanity, ambivalent use of Orientalism, use of Sadean philosophy and the effect of fascism of the Surrealists. The book is illustrated wtih a wide range of surrealist photographs.

About the author

David Bate is Course Leader in MA Photographic Studies & Senior Lecturer in Photography Theory, University of Westminster, London.

Product details

• Authors: David Bate, Bate David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 09.06.2025
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781032220222
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222022-2
• Pages: 282
• Subjects: Photography & photographs, The arts: general issues, ART / General, ART / History / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, PHOTOGRAPHY / Business Aspects, Photography and photographs, The arts: general topics, Visual Semiotics, anti-fascist cultural studies, madness in art, surrealist photography and colonialism