Photography

Informationen zum Autor Dr Steve Edwards is Research Lecturer in Art History at the Open University. Publications include the successful Art and its Histories (Yale, 1999), as Editor. Klappentext Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives, from sensationalist images in tabloid papers, to personal family snapshots, to the art photography displayed in galleries and sold through international art markets. In this thought-provoking exploration of the subject, Steve Edwards provides a clear, lively, and imaginative approach to the definition, importance, and meaning of photography. He combines a sense of its historical development with an analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context. Edwards also discusses both well-known and more unusual photos, from the highly controversial Cottingley Fairies to Ansel Adams landscapes, and from the shocking and influential Eddie Adams image of a Vietcong suspect being executed to the portrait/performance art work of Cindy Sherman. Edwards interrogates the way we look and think about photographs, and considers such issues as truth and recording, objectivity and fine art, identity and memory. Zusammenfassung Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives - from snapshots and tabloid newspapers to art photography in galleries and exhibitions. Edwards combines a sense of the historical development of photography with an insightful analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Forgetting Photography 2: Documents 3: Pictures 4: What is a photograph? 5: The apparatus and its image 6: Fantasy and remembrance Afterword: Digital photography Further reading

Product details

• Authors: Steve Edwards, Steve ( Edwards, Steven Edwards, Edwards Steve
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2006
• EAN: 9780192801647
• ISBN: 978-0-19-280164-7
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 175 mm x 12 mm
• Series: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Fotografie, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / History / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, PHOTOGRAPHY / Techniques / Cinematography & Videography, History of Art, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, Video photography / videography, Video Photography