Photography and anthropology / Christopher Pinney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinney, Christopher, author.

Series:

Exposures (London, England)

Exposures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography in anthropology.

Photography in anthropology--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2011.

Summary:

In Photography and Anthropology, Christopher Pinney presents a provocative and readable account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840's to the present. Walter Benjamin suggested that photography "make[s] the difference between technology and magic visible as a thoroughly historical variable," and Pinney here explores photography as a divinatory practice that prompted anthropologists to capture the "primitive" lives of those they studied.

Contents:

Photography and Anthropology Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Prologue: Images of a Counterscience; 1. The Doubled History of Photography and Anthropology; 2. The Trouble with Photography; 3. The Problem with Anthropology; Epilogue: The Holograph; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Other Format:

Print version: Pinney, Christopher, author. Photography and anthropology

ISBN:

9786613589149

9781280493911

1280493917

9781780230115

1780230117

OCLC:

775302651