Smith Olga Smith

Contemporary Photography in France (eBook, PDF)

Between Theory and Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An innovativestudy of contemporary photography in FranceThis compelling publication traces the broad arc of photography s developmentin France from the 1970s to the present day. A decade-by-decade account revealsunexpected points of convergence between practices that are not usuallyconsidered in a comparative perspective. These include photographic practicesin contemporary art, documentary, photojournalism, and fashion. Author OlgaSmith sets these practices in dialogue with French philosophy the writings ofRoland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, and Jacques Ranciere to produce aninnovative study of the intersections between the photographic image, text,practice, and theory. This analysis is guided by an understanding ofphotography as deeply engaged with historical, cultural, and intellectualevents that defined French national experience in the contemporary period. Landscape provides a particular focus to study issues of key significance,including national identification, colonial past, legacies of modernization andenvironmental breakdown.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Universitaire Pers Leuven
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789461664891
• Artikelnr.: 72472268

Autorenporträt

Olga Smith is a Marie Sk¿odowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Plates Acknowledgements Introduction
Chapter 1. 1970s: Engagement and Subjectivity Roland Barthes and the
Science of Subjectivity From The Family of Man to Families in France:
Documentary and Professional Photography Mythologies of the Self:
Photography in Artistic Practices
Chapter 2. 1980s: Objectivity in a Dematerialized World Jean Baudrillard:
The Era of the Object A Quest for Legitimacy as Art Staged Photography and
the Culture of Simulacra "The Form Tableau": Photograph as Object and
Picture
Chapter 3. 1990s-2000s: The Future of The Photographic Image Jacques
Rancière: Photography as Milieu Forms of Resistance and Participation After
Photography
Conclusion: The Landscapes of France
Landscape and the National Imaginary The DATAR Photographic Mission:
Picturing "le territoire des Français" The Anthropogenic Landscape: The
Environmental Perspective A Sense of Belonging: Territory, Borders,
Identity Towards a Non-Nationalist History of Photography
Plates Bibliography Index