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Photography : a critical introduction
- Title
- Photography : a critical introduction / edited by Liz Wells.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | MFW 15-5819 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wells, Liz, 1948-
- Description
- xxi, 419 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- 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
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-399) and index.
- Call Number
- MFW 15-5819
- ISBN
- 9780415854283 (hardback)
- 0415854288 (hardback)
- 9780415854290 (pbk)
- 0415854296 (pbk)
- 9781315727370 (ebk) (canceled/invalid)
- 1315727374 (ebk) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014031957
- OCLC
- 887606018
- Title
- Photography : a critical introduction / edited by Liz Wells.
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
- Edition
- Fifth edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-399) and index.
- Added Author
- Wells, Liz, 1948-
- Research Call Number
- MFW 15-5819