The documentary impulse / Stuart Franklin.

By:

Franklin, Stuart, 1956- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2016.Description: 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmISBN:

9780714870670
0714870676

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

779 FRA

Contents:

1.Beginnings: From Art To Photography -- 2.Lost Eden: Traces Of The Colonial Legacy -- 3.Photography\'s Bid For A Better World? -- 4.Of War And Famine -- 5.Taking Sides: Conflict And Civil Society -- 6.(Re)Interpreting Everyday Life -- 7.On Visual Poetry And Ambiguity -- 8.Manipulation, Staging And The Future Of Documentary Photography.

Summary: Award-winning photographer Stuart Franklin\'s exploration of how we, as humans, are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. Stuart Franklin took one of the most powerful photographs of the twentieth century -- the \'tank man\' in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989. From his insightful position as a photographer, Franklin explores why we are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. He focuses on photography but traces this universal need through art, literature and science. Looking at photojournalism, war photography and work recording our culture, Franklin identifies some of its driving impulses: curiosity, outrage, reform and ritual; the search for evidence, for beauty, for therapy; and the immortalization of memory. As our understanding of \'documentary\' continues to expand, Franklin considers photographic staging -- where, perhaps, the future of the genre may lie: in search of truth over fact. This book traces what I shall call the documentary impulse. Here I mean the passion to record, with fidelity, the moments we experience and wish to preserve, the things we witness and might want to reform; or simply the people, places or things we find remarkable...Photography (and journalism) practised respectfully has the power to educate us all towards a greater understanding and empathy towards others. Stuart Franklin--Provided by publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	779 FRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100625129

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Award-winning photographer Stuart Franklin's exploration of how we, as humans, are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us.

Stuart Franklin took one of the most powerful photographs of the twentieth century - the 'tank man' in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989. From his insightful position as a photographer, Franklin explores why we are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. He focuses on photography but traces this universal need through art, literature and science.

Looking at photojournalism, war photography and work recording our culture, Franklin identifies some of its driving impulses: curiosity, outrage, reform and ritual; the search for evidence, for beauty, for therapy; and the immortalization of memory.

As our understanding of 'documentary' continues to expand, Franklin considers photographic staging - where, perhaps, the future of the genre may lie: in search of truth over fact.

"This book traces what I shall call the documentary impulse. Here I mean the passion to record, with fidelity, the moments we experience and wish to preserve, the things we witness and might want to reform; or simply the people, places or things we find remarkable... Photography (and journalism) practised respectfully has the power to educate us all towards a greater understanding and empathy towards others." --Stuart Franklin

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210) and index.

Award-winning photographer Stuart Franklin\'s exploration of how we, as humans, are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. Stuart Franklin took one of the most powerful photographs of the twentieth century -- the \'tank man\' in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989. From his insightful position as a photographer, Franklin explores why we are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. He focuses on photography but traces this universal need through art, literature and science. Looking at photojournalism, war photography and work recording our culture, Franklin identifies some of its driving impulses: curiosity, outrage, reform and ritual; the search for evidence, for beauty, for therapy; and the immortalization of memory. As our understanding of \'documentary\' continues to expand, Franklin considers photographic staging -- where, perhaps, the future of the genre may lie: in search of truth over fact. This book traces what I shall call the documentary impulse. Here I mean the passion to record, with fidelity, the moments we experience and wish to preserve, the things we witness and might want to reform; or simply the people, places or things we find remarkable...Photography (and journalism) practised respectfully has the power to educate us all towards a greater understanding and empathy towards others. Stuart Franklin--Provided by publisher.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Stuart Franklin took one of the most powerful photographs in the history of the twentieth century - the 'tank man' - a lone man bringing to a halt a line of tanks entering Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in 1989. He is a member of Magnum Photos and was president of the agency from 2006-2009.