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Photography Theory in Historical Perspective

by: Van Gelder, Hilde; Westgeest, Helen

Photography Theory in Historical Perspective

by: Van Gelder, Hilde; Westgeest, Helen

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140519197X
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/25/2011
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Photography Theory in Historical Perspective: Case Studies from Contemporary Art aims to contribute to the understanding of the multifaceted and complex character of the photographic medium by dealing with various case studies selected from photographic practices in contemporary art, discussed in the context of views and theories of photography from its inception. uses case studies to explain photographic practices in contemporary art and place them in the context of theory presents current debates on theory of photography through comparisons to research of other visual media appicable to vernacular and documentary photography as well as art photography

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Structure of the Book	p. 3
What is a "Medium"?	p. 5
Framing the Focus of the Book	p. 6
Analog Versus Digital	p. 7
The Overlap of Themes	p. 9
Representation in Photography: The Competition with Painting	p. 14
Photography, Objectivity, and Representation	p. 15
Straight and Composed Photography: The Impact of the Digital	p. 23
Photographs as Iconic Index of the Reality Represented	p. 33
Aura, Authenticity, and Reproducibility in Photography	p. 40
Painting-like Photographs Versus Photo-like Paintings as Multimediating Pictures: The Question of Color	p. 46
Sharp and Blurred Photographs: Transparency and Hypermediacy	p. 54
Time in Photography: The Rivalry with Time-Based Arts	p. 64
Barthes's That-has-Been and Punctum	p. 65
Time Exposure and Instantaneity in Photographs	p. 69
Serial Documentation and the Decisive Moment	p. 84
Presence and Absence in Photography: Replaced Images Versus Objects of Contemplation	p. 94
Place and Space in Photography: Positioning Toward Virtual Places and Spatial Objects	p. 112
Constructed Places in Relation to Places That Exist(ed)	p. 115
Monocular Perspective Investigated Through Divergent and Poly-ocular Perspectives	p. 127
Spatial Photographs as Extension of the Photo as Two-dimensional Image	p. 142
Photography's Social Function: The Documentary Legacy	p. 152
"Photography Against the Grain"	p. 153
Photography, Text, and Context	p. 164
(Post-)Documentary Photographs as Art. Color, and the Politics of (Re)Presentation	p. 175
Critical Approaches of Advertising and Fashion Photography	p. 185
Self-reflective Photography	p. 190
Photography as Record of the Reflection of Light	p. 191
Reflections on Taking Photographs: Photograph-Camera-Photographer	p. 197
The Photograph as Product of a Process of Reflection	p. 205
Psychoanalytic Theories Projected in Photography	p. 214
From Self-reflective Digital Photography Back to Classical Mirror Mythologies	p. 222
Glossary	p. 227
References	p. 233
Credits and sources	p. 256
Index	p. 259
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Photography Theory in Historical Perspective

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