Photographers and Research

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The role of research in contemporary photographic practice

By Mike Simmons and Shirley Read

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Photographers and Research places research at the core of photographic practice, examining what research truly means for photographers. It investigates how critical frameworks and extended subject knowledge can enrich and inform photographic work. Featuring interviews with leading photographers, the book reveals how research strategies are woven into the creative process to enhance awareness and artistic development.
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This book is ideal for photographers, photography students, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and research methodologies within visual culture.

This ground-breaking book situates research at the heart of photographic practice, asking the key question: What does research mean for photographers?

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This ground-breaking book situates research at the heart of photographic practice, asking the key question: What does research mean for photographers?

Illuminating the nature and scope of research and its practical application to photography, the book explores how research provides a critical framework to help develop awareness, extend subject knowledge, and inform the development of photographic work.

The authors consider research as integral to the creative process and, through interviews with leading photographers, explore how photographers have embedded research strategies into their creative practice.

Photographers and Research by Mike Simmons and Shirley Read provides valuable insights into how research can enhance and inform photographic practice.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138844315

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 January 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 900g

Pages: 274

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Mike Simmons Non-Fiction Science & Nature Shirley Read

About the Author

Shirley Read is an independent curator based in London. She currently curates exhibitions for the Idea Store Canary Wharf during the Photomonth International Photography Festival. She has been interviewing photographers about their lives and work for the Oral History of British Photography (part of the National Sound Archive at the British Library) for twenty years. She teaches at every level of photographic practice and her book Exhibiting Photography (Focal Press 2008 & 2014) has been published in Chinese and English. Mike Simmons is a photographic artist, author and Leader of the taught Master’s Program in Photography at De Montfort University. His research interests are centered on the development of innovative approaches to exploring issues of social concern, through the application of creative photography. He has contributed to numerous exhibitions, conferences and symposia in the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA.