Photography

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This insightful work explores the widespread practice of photography among amateur photographers, revealing it as a structured social activity rather than merely spontaneous or personal. Pierre Bourdieu and his collaborators analyse how photography reflects and reinforces social distinctions, with different groups using photos to either preserve joyful collective moments or engage in aesthetic appreciation, treating photographs as works of art.
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Ideal for readers interested in arts and culture, sociology, photography enthusiasts, and those keen on understanding the social dynamics behind everyday cultural practices.

The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers -- the family snapshots, the holiday prints, the wedding portraits -- may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. But Bourdieu and his associates show that few cultural activities are more structured and systematic than the social uses of this ordinary art.

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The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers— the family snapshots, the holiday prints, the wedding portraits— may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. However, Bourdieu and his associates show that few cultural activities are more structured and systematic than the social uses of this ordinary art.

This perceptive and wide-ranging analysis of the practice of photography brings out the logic implicit in this cultural field. The norms which define the occasions and the objects of photography serve to display the socially differentiated functions of, and attitudes towards, the photographic image and act.

For some social groups, photography is primarily a means of preserving the present and reproducing the euphoric moments of collective celebration, whereas for other groups it is the occasion of an aesthetic judgement, in which photos are endowed with the dignity of works of art.

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Simon Frith praises Bourdieu for his keen observation, calling Photography one of his finest works that combines sociological rigour with cultural insight. The Guardian highlights its broad scope and enlightening perspectives, while the Times Higher Education Supplement describes the book as pathbreaking and intriguing.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780745617152

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 February 1996

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Contributors:

Edited by Pierre Bourdieu
Edited by Pierre Bourdieu

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 232

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Pierre Bourdieu is Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France and Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.