Basic Critical Theory for Photographers

Ashley La Grange

270 pages, parution le 08/08/2005

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Résumé

Basic Critical Theory for Photographers generates discussion, thought and practical assignments around key debates in photography. Ashley la Grange avoids the trap of an elitist and purely academic approach to critical theory, taking a dual theoretical and practical approach when considering the issues. Key critical theory texts (such as Sontag's 'On Photography' and Barthes' 'Camera Lucida') are clarified and shortened. La Grange avoids editorilising, letting the arguments develop as the writers had intended; it is the assignments which call into question each writer's approach and promote debate.

This is the ideal book if you want to understand key debates in photography and have a ready-made structure within which to discuss and explore these fascinating issues. It is accessible to students, from high school to university level, but will also be of interest to the general reader and to those photographers whose training and work is concerned with the practical aspects of photography.

Also includes invaluable glossary of terms and a substantial index that incorporates the classic texts, helping you to navigate your way through these un-indexed works. The book also contains useful information on photo-mechanical processes, explaining how a photograph can appear very differently, and as a result be interpreted in a range of ways, in a variety of books.

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Aims of book
Berger's 'Ways of Seeing' - consumerism, sexism and distortion of artistic worth by capitalism
Formalist/realist approach - Szarkowski and Shore
Sontag's 'On Photography'
Roland Barthes, "Camera Lucida"
Martha Rosler
Solomon-Godeau 'Inside/Out' (in conjunction with Sontag and Rosler this section illustrates how arguments develop)
Clive Scott, photography and language
Grundberg's 'The Crisis of the real' - postmodernism
Raghubir Singh, "River of Colour"
"The Adventures of a Photographer", a short story by Italio Calvino
Haitian poem by Felix Morisseau-Leroy
Poem by George Szirtes
Case studies - advertising and photojournalism (not major sections)
Appendixes
Glossary

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Focal Press
Auteur(s)	Ashley La Grange
Parution	08/08/2005
Nb. de pages	270
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	660g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780240516523
ISBN13	978-0-240-51652-3