Henry Holmes Smith Papers
| Author | : University of Arizona. Center for Creative Photography |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 1983 |
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| ISBN | : |
Henry Holmes Smith
| Author | : Henry Holmes Smith |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Color photography |
| ISBN | : |
Trace and Transformation
| Author | : Joel Eisinger |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : |
This historical survey of American theory and criticism of art photography covers the period from late-nineteenth-century Pictorialism through 1970s formalism. The author deals deftly with the difficulties faced by critics -- from the essential question, how is photography an art at all? to the more modernist question of what constitutes the medium of photography at its pure core.
Criticizing Photographs
| Author | : Terry Barrett |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2020-11-30 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1000185540 |
Emphasizing the understanding of images and their influences on how they affect our attitudes, beliefs, and actions, this fully updated sixth edition offers consequential ways of looking at images from the perspectives of photographers, critics, theoreticians, historians, curators, and editors. It invites informed conversations about meanings and implications of images, providing multiple and sometimes conflicting answers to questions such as: What are photographs? Should they be called art? Are they ethical? What are their implications for self, society, and the world? From showing how critics verbalize what they see in images and how they persuade us to see similarly, to dealing with what different photographs might mean, the book posits that some interpretations are better than others and explains how to deliberate among competing interpretations. It looks at how the worth of photographs is judged aesthetically and socially, offering samples and practical considerations for both studio critiques for artists and professional criticism for public audiences. This book is a clear and accessible guide for students of art history, photography and criticism, as well as anyone interested in carefully looking at and talking about photographs and their effects on the world in which we live.
The American Midwest
| Author | : Andrew R. L. Cayton |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 1918 |
| Release | : 2006-11-08 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0253003490 |
This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.
Photography and Literature
| Author | : Eric Lambrechts |
| Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
Photography and Literature : An International Bibliography of Monographs covers the period 1839-1991. It is arranged alphabetically by author / photographer, with numerous cross references to editors, compilers, illustrators, translators, etc. It lists some 3,900 titles in about twenty languages, and includes books, exhibition catalogues, dissertations, and special issues of magazines ...
Seizing the Light
| Author | : Robert Hirsch |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 609 |
| Release | : 2017-04-07 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1317371836 |
The definitive history of photography book, Seizing the Light: A Social & Aesthetic History of Photography delivers the fascinating story of how photography as an art form came into being, and its continued development, maturity, and transformation. Covering the major events, practitioners, works, and social effects of photographic practice, Robert Hirsch provides a concise and discerning chronological account of Western photography. This fundamental starting place shows the diversity of makers, inventors, issues, and applications, exploring the artistic, critical, and social aspects of the creative process. The third edition includes up-to-date information about contemporary photographers like Cindy Sherman and Yang Yongliang, and comprehensive coverage of the digital revolution, including the rise of mobile photography, the citizen as journalist, and the role of social media. Highly illustrated with full-color images and contributions from hundreds of artists around the world, Seizing the Light serves as a gateway to the history of photography. Written in an accessible style, it is perfect for students newly engaging with the practice of photography and for experienced photographers wanting to contextualize their own work.
The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography
| Author | : Michael R. Peres |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 880 |
| Release | : 2013-05-29 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1136106146 |
*Searchable CD ROM containing the entire book (including images) *Over 450 color images, plus never before published images provided by the George Eastman House collection, as well as images from Ansel Adams, Howard Schatz, and Jerry Uelsmann to name just a few The role and value of the picture cannot be matched for accuracy or impact. This comprehensive treatise, featuring the history and historical processes of photography, contemporary applications, and the new and evolving digital technologies, will provide the most accurate technical synopsis of the current, as well as early worlds of photography ever compiled. This Encyclopedia, produced by a team of world renown practicing experts, shares in highly detailed descriptions, the core concepts and facts relative to anything photographic. This Fourth edition of the Focal Encyclopedia serves as the definitive reference for students and practitioners of photography worldwide, expanding on the award winning 3rd edition. In addition to Michael Peres (Editor in Chief), the editors are: Franziska Frey (Digital Photography), J. Tomas Lopez (Contemporary Issues), David Malin (Photography in Science), Mark Osterman (Process Historian), Grant Romer (History and the Evolution of Photography), Nancy M. Stuart (Major Themes and Photographers of the 20th Century), and Scott Williams (Photographic Materials and Process Essentials)
