The figure of Christ in contemporary photography / Nathalie Dietschy ; translated by Saskia Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dietschy, Nathalie, 1982- author.

Contributor:

Brown, Saskia, translator.

Standardized Title:

Christ au miroir de la photographie contemporaine. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Art.

Jesus Christ.

Portrait photography.

Genre:

Art.

Physical Description:

338 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

Revised and updated edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2020.

Summary:

In the first book devoted to representations of Jesus Christ in contemporary photography, Nathalie Dietschy presents a rich range of images from the 1980s to the present day.0Acclaimed photographers such as Catherine Opie, Wang Qingsong, Joan Fontcuberta, Greg Semu, Andres Serrano, David LaChapelle, Renee Cox and Bettina Rheims offer fresh - and often provocative - depictions of Christ that address issues from race to sexuality to gender. The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography guides the reader through these alternative representations, analysing the complex social, political and cultural issues that the photographs bring to light.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE REVELATORY PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENTS

1. The Image of Christ in the History of Photography

2. Photography and the Vera Icon

3. Faces of Man and the Face of God

pt. TWO QUOTATIONS AND REINTERPRETATIONS

4. Secular Stagings

5. From Text to Image

pt. THREE IDENTITY CLAIMS AND POLITICAL STATEMENTS

6. Self-Portraits as Christ

7. A Female Christ

8. A Black Christ

9. Christ and Homosexuality

10. Christ and the Socially Excluded

11. Combining Cultures

pt. FOUR PROVOCATION AND SCANDAL

12. Andres Serrano, Piss Christ

13. Renee Cox, Yo Mama's Last Supper

14. Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, Ecce Homo.

Notes:

Translated from French.

Revised and updated edition of Le Christ au miroir de la photographie contemporaine, published in 2016 by Alphil-presses universitaires suisses.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1789142083

9781789142082

OCLC:

1112134362