Ashley la Grange

Basic Critical Theory for Photographers (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Basic Critical Theory for Photographers generates discussion, thought and practical assignments around key debates in photography. Ashley la Grange avoids the trap of an elitist and purely academic approach to critical theory, taking a dual theoretical and practical approach when considering the issues. Key critical theory texts (such as Sontag's 'On Photography' and Barthes' 'Camera Lucida') are clarified and shortened. La Grange avoids editorilising, letting the arguments develop as the writers had intended; it is the assignments which call into question each writer's approach and promote debate.

This is the ideal book if you want to understand key debates in photography and have a ready-made structure within which to discuss and explore these fascinating issues. It is accessible to students, from high school to university level, but will also be of interest to the general reader and to those photographers whose training and work is concerned with the practical aspects of photography.

Also includes invaluable glossary of terms and a substantial index that incorporates the classic texts, helping you to navigate your way through these un-indexed works. The book also contains useful information on photo-mechanical processes, explaining how a photograph can appear very differently, and as a result be interpreted in a range of ways, in a variety of books.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136090141
• Artikelnr.: 38256697

Autorenporträt

Head of Photography at Rickmansworth School, UK. He is a consultant for exam boards in charge of deciding photography syllabi. He has a particular interest in demystifying critical theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Aims of book
Berger's 'Ways of Seeing' - consumerism, sexism and distortion of artistic worth by capitalism
Formalist/realist approach - Szarkowski and Shore
Sontag's 'On Photography'
Roland Barthes, "Camera Lucida?
Martha Rosler
Solomon-Godeau 'Inside/Out' (in conjunction with Sontag and Rosler this section illustrates how arguments develop)
Clive Scott, photography and language
Grundberg's 'The Crisis of the real' - postmodernism
Raghubir Singh, "River of Colour?
"The Adventures of a Photographer?, a short story by Italio Calvino
Haitian poem by Felix Morisseau-Leroy
Poem by George Szirtes
Case studies - advertising and photojournalism (not major sections)
Appendixes
Glossary
Index
Reading list
Theoretical and practical assignments at the end of each chapter.

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Introduction; Aims of book; Berger's 'Ways of Seeing' - consumerism, sexism and distortion of artistic worth by capitalism; Formalist/realist approach - Szarkowski and Shore; Sontag's 'On Photography'; Roland Barthes, "Camera Lucida; Martha Rosler; Solomon-Godeau 'Inside/Out' (in conjunction with Sontag and Rosler this section illustrates how arguments develop); Clive Scott, photography and language; Grundberg's 'The Crisis of the real' - postmodernism; Raghubir Singh, "River of Colour; "The Adventures of a Photographer, a short story by Italio Calvino; Haitian poem by Felix Morisseau-Leroy; Poem by George Szirtes; Case studies - advertising and photojournalism (not major sections); Appendixes; Glossary; Index; Reading list; Theoretical and practical assignments at the end of each chapter.

Rezensionen

"Ashley la Grange has written an excellent book which navigates through the context and meaning of photography. It covers photography from a range of cultural and historical perspectives as well as guiding the reader though a visual language which many outside the world of academic photography can only guess at...Basic Critical Theory for Photographers is one of those books which should become part of the syllabus of many of the excellent photography courses that are out there." - www.kickstartnews.com, Feb 2006

"...a good introduction to theory for photographers looking to expand their understanding of their art form." - Photo Techniques, May/June 2006