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Oxford University Press, USA
The Photograph
The Photograph
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How do we read a photograph? In this rich and fascinating work, Graham Clarke gives a clear and incisive account of the photograph's historical development, and elucidates the insights of the most engaging thinkers on the subject, such as Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag. From the first misty
heliograph taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1826 to the classic compositions of Cartier-Bresson and Alfred Steiglitz and the striking postmodern strategies of Robert Mapplethorpe, Clarke provides a groundbreaking examination of photography's main subject areas--landscape, the city, portraiture,
the body, and reportage--as well as a detailed analysis of exemplary images in terms of their cultural and ideological contexts. With over 130 illustrations, The Photograph offers a series of discussions of major themes and genres providing an up-to-date introduction to the history of photography
and creating a record of the most dazzling, penetrating, and pervasive images of our time.
Author: Graham Clarke
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/08/1997
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.62w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780192842008
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/1997 pg. 100
Booklist 06/01/1997 pg. 1639
New York Times 12/07/1997 pg. 31
heliograph taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1826 to the classic compositions of Cartier-Bresson and Alfred Steiglitz and the striking postmodern strategies of Robert Mapplethorpe, Clarke provides a groundbreaking examination of photography's main subject areas--landscape, the city, portraiture,
the body, and reportage--as well as a detailed analysis of exemplary images in terms of their cultural and ideological contexts. With over 130 illustrations, The Photograph offers a series of discussions of major themes and genres providing an up-to-date introduction to the history of photography
and creating a record of the most dazzling, penetrating, and pervasive images of our time.
Author: Graham Clarke
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/08/1997
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.62w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780192842008
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/1997 pg. 100
Booklist 06/01/1997 pg. 1639
New York Times 12/07/1997 pg. 31
About the Author
Graham Clarke, Reader in Literary and Image Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury, serves on the advisory board of the journal, History of Photography. His recent publications include The Portrait in Photography and The American City: Literary & Cultural Perspectives.
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