Diarmuid Costello

Broschiertes Buch

The Media of Photography

Beschreibung

Two events in particular occasion this volume on the philosophy ofphotography: the blurring of boundaries that many took to demarcatephotographic technology and practices from other representationaland artistic technologies and the invention of digital photography.The purpose of this volume is not to revive older questions byasking what, if anything, still distinguishes photography in thelight of these developments, but to consider sundry questions aboutthe materials and tools-or media-of photography from avariety of perspectives.

critically examines classic and influential arguments inphilosophy of photography
addresses recent trends in photographic art, such asconceptualism and appropriation
highlights philosophically neglected elements of photographicart, such as performativity and self-portraiture
reexamines the role of photographic media in photographic artpractices
offers new perspectives of the impact of digital technologieson photography
explores the relationship between photographic art andphotography in other arts (comics and music) and in science
brings a range of philosophical methodologies and traditionsinto dialogue
incorporates extended discussions of the work of importantphotographers and artists who use photography (e.g. Friedlander,Gursky, Lawlor)
illustrates philosophical points with reproductions, many ofthem not widely known
closely connects philosophical theory to the details ofphotographic practice
offers original and novel theories of the aesthetic, artistic,and epistemic values of photographs

Autor

Diarmuid Costello is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Chair of the British Society of Aesthetics and Co-Director of the AHRC 'Aesthetics after Photography' research project. He has co-edited two other collections on photography: Photography after Conceptual Art for Art History (November 2009) and Agency and Automatism for Critical Inquiry (Summer 2012). His articles have appeared in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the British Journal of Aesthetics, Critical Inquiry and Rivista di Estetica. He is working on two longer projects: On Photography and Art after Aesthetics?  Dominic McIver Lopes is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Understanding Pictures (1996), Sight and Sensibility: Evaluating Pictures (2005), and A Philosophy of Computer Art (2009) in addition to papers on such topics as depiction, the ontology of art, theories of art and aesthetic value. He is now revising a manuscript of book entitled Beyond Art while writing another book on four artistic uses of photographic media.

Produktdetails

• Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 177mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 273g
• ISBN-13: 9781118269015
• ISBN-10: 1118269012
• Artikelnr.: 34449735