Photography : a very short introduction / Steve Edwards.

By:

Edwards, Steve, 1959-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 151.Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xvi, 160 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780192801647 (pbk.)
0192801643 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

770 EDW

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	770 EDW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100464883

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives from sensationalist images in tabloid papers and snapshots, to art photograpy displayed in galleries and sold through international art markets. In this thought-provoking exploration of the subject, Edwards combines a sense of the historical development of photography with an analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context. He interrogates the way we look and think about photographs, and considers such issues as truth and recording, objectivity and fine art, identity and memory.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. xi)
List of illustrations (p. xiv)
1 Forgetting photography (p. 1)
2 Documents (p. 12)
3 Pictures (p. 40)
4 What is a photograph? (p. 67)
5 The apparatus and its image (p. 85)
6 Fantasy and remembrance (p. 112)
Afterword: Digital photography (p. 129)
Further reading (p. 141)
Index (p. 155)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Steve Edwards is Research Lecturer in Art History at the Open University. Publications include the successful Art and its Histories (Yale, 1999), as Editor.