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This introductory textbook examines key debates in photographic theory within their social and political contexts. Chapters on key topics and genres are supported by glossaries of terms, bibliographies and resource information, including guides to public archives and useful websites.
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"A brilliantly designed book. It provides a much-needed conceptual perspective, so lacking in other histories of photography, and with the new material on photojournalism is even stronger." - Ulrich Keller, University of California at Santa Barbara
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This is the first introductory textbook to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, it provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing. This completely revised and updated second edition includes: * key concepts, biographies of major thinkers, seminal references * a full glossary of terms, comprehensive bibliographies * resource information, including guides to public archives and useful web sites. Individual chapters cover: * Key debates in photographic theory and history * Documentary photography and photojournalism * Personal and popular photography * Photography and commodity culture * Photography and the human body * Photography as art * Photography in the age of electronic imaging. The book has over 100 photographs and images, of huge diversity. These include images by Bill Brandt, Lee Friedlander, Hannah Hoch, Roshini Kempadoo, Dorothea Lange, Lee Miller, Alexander Rodchenko, Jacob Riis, Sebastio Salgado, Andres Serrano and Jo Spence.Michelle Henning, Patricia Holland, Martin Lister, Derrick Price, Anandi Ramamurthy and Liz Wells.
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