Why Art Photography?

Soutter, Lucy

ISBN 10: 1138282626 / ISBN 13: 9781138282629

Published by Routledge, 2018

About this Item

pp. 192.

Seller Inventory # 370590039

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Art Photography?
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138282626
• ISBN 13: 9781138282629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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 globalization, 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 color 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.

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).