The Photography Reader
ISBN 10: 041524661X ISBN 13: 9780415246613
Published by Routledge, 2002
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The Photography Reader is a comprehensive introduction to theories of photography; its production; and its uses and effects. Including articles by photographers from Edward Weston to Jo Spence, as well as key thinkers like Roland Barthes, Victor Burgin and Susan Sontag, the essays trace the development of ideas about photography. Each themed section features an editor's introduction setting ideas and debates in their historical and theoretical context.
Sections include: Reflections on Photography; Photographic Seeing; Coding and Rhetoric; Photography and the Postmodern; Photo-digital; Documentary and Photojournalism; The Photographic Gaze; Image and Identity; Institutions and Contexts.
About the Author: Liz Wells is Senior Lecturer in the department of Media Arts at the University of Plymouth. She is the editor of Photography: A Critical Introduction: Second Edition (Routledge 2000).
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Photography Reader
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good