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Photography : a critical introduction / edited by Liz Wells.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Routledge 2019Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxi, 419 pages : illustrations (some color)ISBN:
  • 9780367241100
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 770 WEL.P
Summary: "Photography: A Critical Introduction was the first introductory textbook to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political contexts, and is now established as one of the leading textbooks in its field. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, this fully revised edition provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing. Individual chapters cover: - Key debates in photographic theory and history - Documentary photography and photojournalism - Personal and popular photography - Photography and the human body - Photography and commodity culture - Photography as art This revised and updated fifth edition includes: - New case studies on topics such as: materialism and embodiment, the commodification of human experience, and landscape as genre. - 98 photographs and images, featuring work from: Bill Brandt, Susan Derges, Rineke Dijkstra, Fran Herbello, Hannah H
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Book Book Dept. of Communication and Journalism Processing Center Dept. of Communication and Journalism 770 WEL.P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DCJ6271

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-399) and index.

"Photography: A Critical Introduction was the first introductory textbook to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political contexts, and is now established as one of the leading textbooks in its field. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, this fully revised edition provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing. Individual chapters cover: - Key debates in photographic theory and history - Documentary photography and photojournalism - Personal and popular photography - Photography and the human body - Photography and commodity culture - Photography as art This revised and updated fifth edition includes: - New case studies on topics such as: materialism and embodiment, the commodification of human experience, and landscape as genre. - 98 photographs and images, featuring work from: Bill Brandt, Susan Derges, Rineke Dijkstra, Fran Herbello, Hannah H

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