Richard Salkeld

Reading Photographs (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to the Theory and Meaning of Images

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Reading Photographs is a clear and inspiring introduction to theories of representation and visual analysis and how they can be applied to photography. Introducing the development of photography and different approaches to reading images, the book looks at elements such as identity, gaze, psychoanalysis, voyeurism and aesthetics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000212846
• Artikelnr.: 60089603

Autorenporträt

Having held the posts of course leader on both the Visual Arts and History of Art and Visual Culture courses at the University of Gloucestershire, UK, Richard Salkeld is now senior lecturer in the university's Art and Design department, teaching undergraduate students of photography.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: What is a photograph?Invention: the marriage of chemistry and
opticsTime and lightUses and applicationsThe camera: an evolutionCase
study: Chuck CloseChapter 2: Reading the signsWhere do meanings come
from?Language: words, sounds and imagesSemiotics: the study of
signsIdeology: ideas, practices and beliefsCase study: Anthony
BarrettChapter 3: Truth and liesWhat is 'real'?Representation and
realityFacts and fictionCase study: Thomas HoepkerChapter 4: IdentityPeople
and portraitsSignifying identityLookingThe bodyCase study: Marc
GarangerChapter 5: Big Brother is watching youThe modern worldThe bad, the
mad and the 'other'Surveillance society: the PanopticonWho is looking at
whom?Public spaces - private livesCase study: Shizuka YokomizoChapter 6:
AestheticsBut is it art?Photography cannot be artWhat is art?Photography as
art - the history of an ideaInto postmodernism Case study: Richard
BillinghamConclusionBibliographyReferencesIndexPicture
creditsAcknowledgements