Before-and-after photography : histories and contexts / edited by Jordan Bear and Kate Palmer Albers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bear, Jordan, editor.

Albers, Kate Palmer, 1974- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Repeat photography--History.

Repeat photography.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 204 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

"The before-and-after trope in photography has long paired images to represent change: whether affirmatively, as in the results of makeovers, social reforms or medical interventions, or negatively, in the destruction of the environment by the impacts of war or natural disasters. This interdisciplinary multi-authored volume examines the central but almost unspoken position of before-and-after photography found in a wide range of contexts from the 19th century through to the present. Packed with case studies that explore the conceptual implications of these images, the book's rich language of evidence, documentation and persuasion present both historical material and the work of practicing photographers who have deployed and challenged the conventions of the before-and-after pairing. Touching on issues including sexuality, race, environmental change and criminality, "Before-and-After Photography" examines major topics of current debate in the critique of photography in an accessible way to allow students and scholars to explore the rich conceptual issues around photography's relationship with time and imagination."--Back cover.

Contents:

1 Photography's Time Zones / Kate Palmer Albers Albers, Kate Palmer, Jordan Bear Bear, Jordan 1

Part 1 Medical Restorations and Enhancements

2 Before and After: The Aesthetic as Evidence in Nineteenth-Century Medical Photography / Susan Sidlauskas Sidlauskas, Susan 15

3 Imaging the Criminal Body: "Faces of Meth" and Galton's Composite Photographs / Kristen M. Thomas-McGill Thomas-McGill, Kristen M. 43

Part 2 Landscape and the Built Environment

4 "Noise Abatement Zone": John Divola's Photographic Fulcrum / Jason E. Hill Hill, Jason E. 59

5 The Elusive Event: Frank Gohlke in Conversation with Rebecca Senf / Rebecca Senf Senf, Rebecca 79

Part 3 Natural and Unnatural Disasters

6 Beyond Images of Melting Ice: Hidden Histories of People, Place, and Time in Repeat Photography of Glaciers / Rodney Garrard Garrard, Rodney, Mark Carey Carey, Mark 101

7 Natural Cycles: Naoya Hatakeyama's Photographs of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami / Lisa Sutcliffe Sutcliffe, Lisa 123

Part 4 Social "Improvements": Assimilation and Reform

8 Staging Emancipation: Race and Reconstruction in American Photographic Humor / Tanya Sheehan Sheehan, Tanya 139

9 Facing the Binary: Native American Students in the Camera's Lens / Jacqueline Fear-Segal Fear-Segal, Jacqueline 153

Part 5 From Two to Three: Before-And-After Time, Complicated

10 Beyond "This-Caused-That": The Temporal Complexities of Before-and-After Photographs / Kris Belden-Adams Belden-Adams, Kris 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Before-and-after photography.

ISBN:

9781474253116

1474253113

OCLC:

948336344

Publisher Number:

12967279