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Why Art Photography?

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Why Art Photography? by Lucy Soutter offers an engaging and accessible introduction to contemporary photographic art. This second edition updates and expands discussions on key themes like ambiguity, objectivity, and authenticity, while exploring modern issues such as selfie culture, globalization, and the use of digital technologies like CGI and virtual reality in photography. Enhanced with a larger selection of images and an expanded bibliography, this book provides a comprehensive look at photography as a dynamic and complex art form.
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Ideal for students and enthusiasts interested in deepening their understanding of contemporary art photography and its evolving practices.

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The new, revised edition of the popular Why Art Photography? Including expanded chapters discussing digital technologies and photography culture and new colour images, the second edition is essential for undergraduates in photography and art.

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The second edition of Why Art Photography? is an updated, expanded introduction to the ideas behind today’s striking photographic images. Lively, accessible discussions of key issues such as ambiguity, objectivity, fiction, authenticity, and photography’s expanding field are supplemented with new material around timely topics such as globalisation, selfie culture, and photographers’ use of advanced digital technologies, including CGI and virtual reality.

The new edition includes:

  • An expanded introduction
  • Extended chapters featuring emerging trends
  • A larger selection of images, including new colour images
  • An improved and expanded bibliography

This new edition is essential for students looking to enrich their understanding of photography as a complex and multi-faceted art form.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138282629

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 February 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 25 Halftones, color; 25 Halftones, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 184

About the Author

Lucy Soutter is a photographer, critic and art historian. She is Course Leader of the Photography Arts MA at the University of Westminster, UK. Her writings on contemporary art and photography include essays in The Photographic Object 1970 (2016), Girls! Girls! Girls! In Contemporary Art (2011), and Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary Photography (2008).

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