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Photography and philosophy : essays on the pencil of nature / edited by Scott Walden.
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- Book
- Series:
- New directions in aesthetics ; 5.
- New directions in aesthetics ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photography--Philosophy.
- Photography.
- Photography, Artistic--Philosophy.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 Transparent Pictures: On the Nature of Photographic Realism / Kendall L. Walton 14
- 2 Photographs and Icons / Cynthia Freeland 50
- 3 Photographs as Evidence / Aaron Meskin, Jonathan Cohen 70
- 4 Truth in Photography / Scott Walden 91
- 5 Documentary Authority and the Art of Photography / Barbara Savedoff 111
- 6 Photography and Representation / Roger Scruton 138
- 7 How Photographs "Signify": Cartier-Bresson's "Reply" to Scruton / David Davies 167
- 8 Scales of Space and Time in Photography: "Perception Points Two Ways" / Patrick Maynard 187
- 9 True Appreciation / Dominic McIver Lopes 210
- 10 Landscape and Still Life: Static Representations of Static Scenes / Kendall L. Walton 231
- 11 The Problem with Movie Stars / Noel Carroll 248
- 12 Pictures of King Arthur: Photography and the Power of Narrative / Gregory Currie 265
- 13 The Naked Truth / Arthur C. Danto 284.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [310]-317) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781405139243
- 1405139242
- OCLC:
- 145379713
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- Publisher description
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