16 Ways of Looking at a Photograph Contemporary Theories |
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Author:
| Raymond, Claire |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-064623-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2019 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $58.99 |
Book Description:
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Featuring an accessible and engaging writing style, 16 Ways of Looking at a Photograph: Contemporary Theories explores key concepts that have shaped the interpretation of photography and photography itself. It begins with two important inventions--the development of the photographic negative and the capability to produce multiple prints--and then considers various theories from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. The book concludes with an excursion into...
More DescriptionFeaturing an accessible and engaging writing style, 16 Ways of Looking at a Photograph: Contemporary Theories explores key concepts that have shaped the interpretation of photography and photography itself. It begins with two important inventions--the development of the photographic negative and the capability to produce multiple prints--and then considers various theories from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. The book concludes with an excursion into "post-photography" theory: the argument that in the digital era, photography as such is altered.