Siobhan Angus

Camera Geologica

An Elemental History of Photography

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Produktbeschreibung

From rare-metal mining to environmental photography, Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography from a materialist perspective of the minerals extractive practices upon which the medium depends.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9781478030188
• ISBN-10: 1478030186
• Artikelnr.: 69121964

Autorenporträt

Siobhan Angus is Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Carleton University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations  vii
Acknowledgments  xi
Introduction  1
1. Bitumen and a Reorientation of Vision  30
2. Silver and Scale  67
3. Platinum and Atmosphere  106
4. Iron and Unstable Boundaries  132
5. Uranium and Photography beyond Vision  164
6. Rare Earth Elements and De/Materialization  196
Conclusion. All That Is Solid Melts into Air  22
Notes  231
Bibliography  263
Index  293