First Doubt - Optical Confusion in Modern Photography: Selections From Allan

Klappentext Many photographers have been intrigued with the baffling distortions--both subtle and disquieting--that can occur when the camera "captures" the real world. Not always intentional, some images dazzle with impossible juxtapositions or disorienting spatial orders, while others confound the viewer's belief in the documentary promise of photography. Drawn from the highly respected collection of Allan Chasanoff, the photographs in this intriguing volume confront viewers with the challenge of doubt and confusion in so-called "straight" pictures. Featured are perceptually provocative images by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Clarence John Laughlin, Imogen Cunningham, and Lee Friedlander, among others. The book's essays raise awareness of the interpretive nature of the lens and the interpolative nature of the medium. Zusammenfassung Many photographers have been intrigued with the baffling distortions, both subtle and disquieting, that can occur when the camera 'captures' the real world. This book presents essays that raise awareness of the interpretive nature of the lens and the interpolative nature of the medium.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Chuang, Chuang Joshua
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2008
• EAN: 9780300141337
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14133-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 286 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Photographs: collections, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections