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Basic Critical Theory for Photographers Book

If you want to understand the key debates in photography and learn how to apply the fascinating issues raised by critical theory to your own practical work, this is the book for you! This accessible book cuts through often difficult and intimidating academic language to deliver understandable, stimulating discussion and summaries of the original texts. Key works by great writers such as Sontag and Barthes are explored, along with those from other prominent critics. You are guided through a broad range of issues, including the differences between Eastern and Western art, post-modernism, sexism, the relationship between photography and language and many other crucial debates. The book is illustrated by many classic images by eminent international photographers.Each chapter is followed by stimulating assignments and activities to get you thinking critically and apply theoretical knowledge to your own practical work. A helpful glossary provides quick access to all key terms and a substantial index references key words within the original essays which are not normally indexed. A must-have aid to anyone studying critical theory, this book provides intelligently written, illuminating insights on the 21st century's dominant art form.Read More

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  • ASDA

    Enables readers to understand the debates in photography and learn how to apply the issues raised by critical theory to their own practical work. This book guides readers through a range of issues including the differences between Eastern and Western art post-modernism sexism and the relationship between photography and language.

  • Blackwell

    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 issues. It is accessible to students, from high school to university level, but will also be of...

  • 0240516524
  • 9780240516523
  • Ashley la Grange
  • 15 July 2005
  • Focal Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
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