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Photography
A Critical Introduction
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Featuring over 100 photographs by renowned artists such as Bill Brandt, Cindy Sherman, and Dorothea Lange, this updated edition also provides extensive resources, including a glossary, bibliography, and online materials, making it an essential guide for further and higher education.
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Ideal for students and educators in further and higher education, as well as anyone beginning formal study in photographic theory and history.
Now in its sixth edition, this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, it provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing.
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Now in its sixth edition, this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, it provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing.
Individual chapters cover:
- Key debates in photographic theory and history
- Documentary photography and photojournalism
- Personal and popular photography
- Photography and the human body
- Photography and commodity culture
- Photography as art
This revised and updated edition includes new case studies on topics such as: Black Lives Matter and the racialised body; the #MeToo movement; materialism and embodiment; nation branding; and an extended critical discussion of landscape as genre.
Illustrated with over 100 colour and black and white photographs, it features work from Bill Brandt, Susan Derges, Rineke Dijkstra, Fran Herbello, Hannah Höch, Mari Katayama, Sant Khalsa, Karen Knorr, Dorothea Lange, Susan Meiselas, Lee Miller, Ingrid Pollard, Jacob Riis, Alexander Rodchenko, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman and Jeff Wall.
A fully updated resource information, including guides to public archives and useful websites, full glossary of terms and a comprehensive bibliography, plus additional resources at routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780367222758/ make this an ideal introduction to the field.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780367222741
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 July 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 6th edition
Illustration: 117 Halftones, color; 117 Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Edited by Liz Wells
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
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Width: 189.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 1400g
Pages: 488
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About the Author
Liz Wells is Professor Emeritus in Photographic Culture, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, University of Plymouth, UK.
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