TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edwards,Steve
TI  - Photography: a very short introduction 
T2  - Very short introductions
SN  - 9780192801647 (pbk.)
U1  - 770 EDW   
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Photography
KW  - Photographie
KW  - swd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- List of illustrations -- 1: Forgetting photography -- 2: Documents -- 3: Pictures -- 4: What is photograph? -- 5: Apparatus and its image -- 6: Fantasy and remembrance -- Afterword: Digital photography -- Further reading -- Index
N2  - From the Publisher: Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives, from sensationalist images in tabloid papers, to personal family snapshots, to the art photography displayed in galleries and sold through international art markets. In this thought-provoking exploration of the subject, Steve Edwards provides a clear, lively, and imaginative approach to the definition, importance, and meaning of photography. He combines a sense of its historical development with an analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context. Edwards also discusses both well-known and more unusual photos, from the highly controversial Cottingley Fairies to Ansel Adams landscapes, and from the shocking and influential Eddie Adams image of a Vietcong suspect being executed to the portrait/performance art work of Cindy Sherman. Edwards interrogates the way we look and think about photographs, and considers such issues as truth and recording, objectivity and fine art, identity and memory
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