Photography: A Very Short Introduction
Steve Edwards
24 August 2006
ISBN: 9780192801647
176 pages
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174x111mm
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Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives - from snapshots and tabloid newspapers to art photography in galleries and exhibitions. Edwards combines a sense of the historical development of photography with an insightful analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context.
- A clear, lively, and imaginative approach to the definition, importance, and meaning of photography
- Challenges readers' notions about the definition of photography, and why it is such an important part of our cultural life
- Includes both well-known and more unusual photographs, from the highly controversial Cottingley Fairies photograph to Ansel Adams landscapes, and from the shocking and influential Eddie Adams image of a Vietcong suspect being executed to the portrait work of Cindy Sherman.
About the Author(s)
Steve Edwards, Research Lecturer in Art History at the Open University
Table of Contents
- 1:Forgetting Photography
2:Documents
3:Pictures
4:What is a photograph?
5:The apparatus and its image
6:Fantasy and remembrance
Afterword: Digital photography
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