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Photography Theory (Art Seminar (Paperback))
by
James Elkins
Photography Theory presents forty of the world's most active art historians and theorists, including Victor Burgin, Joel Snyder, Rosalind Krauss, Alan Trachtenberg, Geoffrey Batchen, Carol Squiers, Margaret Iversen and Abigail Solomon-Godeau in animated debate on the nature of photography.
Photography has been around for nearly two centuries, but we are no closer to underst...more
Photography has been around for nearly two centuries, but we are no closer to underst...more
Paperback, 480 pages
Published
December 13th 2006
by Routledge
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Jan 14, 2008
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people interested in art/photo theory- if not: STAY AWAY! This Book is not for you!
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This book is D-E-N-S-E. As far as art/photo theory go- it's a little navel-gazing; and it has quite a bit of "theory about other theorists theories" which is totally maddening, especially if you don't know who they are talking about (thankfully I knew who several of them were). I did like what some of the panelists had to say about the medium, though in the end no one really agreed with each other and they all basically had valid points. The sad fact is that photography *can't* really be...more
This book is D-E-N-S-E. As far as art/photo theory go- it's a little navel-gazing; and it has quite a bit of "theory about other theorists theories" which is totally maddening, especially if you don't know who they are talking about (thankfully I knew who several of them were). I did like what some of the panelists had to say about the medium, though in the end no one really agreed with each other and they all basically had valid points. The sad fact is that photography *can't* really be...more
a LOT to digest!
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