| Description |
1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Contents |
Why Art Photography?; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Why Art Photography?; 1 Hybrid Genres: Portraiture; 2 Objectivity and Seriousness; 3 Fictive Documents; 4 Authenticity; 5 Digital Dialogues: Spectacle and Spectators; 6 Beyond Photography; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Contemporary art photography is paradoxical. Anyone can look at it and form an opinion about what they see, yet it represents critical positions that only a small minority of well-informed viewers can usually access. Why Art Photography? provides a lively, accessible introduction to the ideas behind today's striking photographic images. Exploring key issues such as ambiguity, objectivity, staging, authenticity, the digital and photography's expanded field, the chapters offer fresh perspectives on existing debates. While the main focus is on the present |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Photographic criticism.
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Photography, Artistic.
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art photography.
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Photographic criticism
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Photography, Artistic
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136474804 |
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1136474803 |
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