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Snapshot versions of life / Richard Chalfen.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chalfen, Richard.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Photography.
Photography--Social aspects.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, c1987.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Explores snapshots, slide shows, family albums, home movies, and home videos, uncovering what people do with their photos as well as what their personal photos do for them.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 Kodak Culture and Home Mode Communication
CHAPTER 2 Social Organization, Kodak Culture, and Amateur Photography
CHAPTER 3 Cinéma Naìveté: The Case of Home Movies
CHAPTER 4 Snapshot Communication: Exploring the Decisive Half Minute
CHAPTER 5 Tourist Photography: Camera Recreation
CHAPTER 6 Interpreting Home Mode Imagery: Conventions for Reconstructing a Reality
CHAPTER 7 Functional Interpretations
CHAPTER 8 Home Mode Imagery in Other Communicative Contexts
CHAPTER 9 Conclusions and New Questions
NOTES
APPENDIX Home Mode Questionnaire
INDEX.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780879723873
0879723874
9781282594944
128259494X
9780879728748
0879728744
OCLC:
608210070

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