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Photography theory in historical perspective : case studies from contemporary art / Hilde van Gelder and Helen Westgeest.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gelder, Hilde van.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photography--History.
- Photography.
- History.
- Photography, Artistic--History.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Photography--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Summary:
- 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 through a number of case studies selected from photographic practices in contemporary art discussed in the context of views and theories of photography from its inception.
- Five thematic fields are covered: photography compared with painting; photography as time-based art (compared with film and performance); photography's relation to virtual places and spatial art; photography as a visual tool for social critique; and photography as a self-reflective medium. These fields are connected to issues of representation, time, place, function, and metapicture. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Representation in photography : the competition with painting
- Time in photography : the rivalry with time-based arts
- Place and space in photography : positioning toward virtual places and spatial objects
- Photography's social function : the documentary legacy
- Self-reflective photography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781405191616
- 1405191619
- 9781405191975
- 140519197X
- OCLC:
- 678534353
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