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At Face Value and Beyond: Photographic Constructions of Reality
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Abstract
How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to deal with the specific use of images in particular contexts? The author presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis as well as from sociological, aesthetic, an... view more
How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to deal with the specific use of images in particular contexts? The author presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis as well as from sociological, aesthetic, and psychoanalytic perspectives. The topics range from a new reading of Thomas Struth's street photographs to CERN photos with their charged rhetoric, from the assault of photographic close-ups to speculations on an anonymous slide collection featuring a woman with an ever-present white handbag. The book is intended for an audience receptive to the analytical appeal of images, prepared to go beyond what can be taken at face value.... view less
Keywords
photography; visualization; media; picture; fine arts
Classification
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Free Keywords
Visual Culture; Imagery; Visual Literacy; Visual Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
187 p.
Series
Image, 75
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839429549
ISBN
978-3-8394-2954-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0