Photography’s Materialities Transatlantic Photographic Practices over the Long Nineteenth Century / Geoff Bender; Rasmus S. Simonsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simonsen, Rasmus S.

Bender, Geoff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Social aspects--History--19th century.

Photography.

Photography--History--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press 2021.

Summary:

There is little dispute that photography is a material practice, and that the photograph itself is ineluctably material. And yet "matter", "material", and "materiality" have proven to be remarkably elusive terms of inquiry, frequently producing studies that are disparate in scope, sharing seemingly little common ground. Although the wide methodological range of materialist study can be dizzying, it is this book?s contention that that multiplicity is also the field?s greatest asset, keeping materialist inquiry enduringly vibrant - provided that varying methods are in close enough proximity to converse. 'Photography?s Materialities' orchestrates one such conversation. Juxtaposing the insights of theorists like Lacan, Benjamin, and Latour beside close studies of crime, spirit, and composite photography, among others, this collection aims for a productive synergy, one capacious enough to span transatlantic spaces over the long nineteenth century.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Introduction:Photography's Materialities

Geoff Bender and Rasmus R. Simonsen

Section I

The Materialities of Process and Product

Silver Salts: Realism and Materiality in a French photograph c.1900

Maura Coughlin

Early Photogravure &amp

the Material Unconscious

Jacob W. Lewis

Section II

Material Remediations

Every Contact Leaves a Trace: Edith Wharton and the Forensic Imagination

Mary Marchand

Structuring Desire in Thomas Eakins's Painting and Photography

Rasmus R. Simonsen

The Multilingualism of Jacob Riis's Imagetext

Christa Holm Vogelius

Section III

Human-Posthuman Materialities

Composita, the "Mascot" of the Class of 1886: A (Fictional) Picture of "Real" Victorian-era College Sisterhood and Social-Caste Expectations

Kris Belden-Adams

"A Single Multiple Image": The Visual Rhetoric of An Ethiopian Chief

Geoff Bender

Spirit Photography &amp

Rogue Objects

Zachary Tavlin

Object Lessons: What Cyanotypes Teach Us About Digital Media

David LaRocca

Afterword

Rasmus R. Simonsen and Geoff Bender

Gallery with Color Plates

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789462702684

9462702683

OCLC:

1249269367