The new edition of The Photography Handbook builds on previous editions’ illuminating overview of the history, theory and practice of the creation and consumption of photographic images, and engages with the practical and theoretical implications of the explosion of new platforms for making, viewing and distributing images. New materials in this edition includes new chapters on ‘Photo-elicitation’ and ‘Photography and Technological Change’, exploration and analysis of ‘selfie’ culture, and extensive discussion of the work and practices by a new generation photographic artists.The Photography Handbook, Third edition also features:exploration and discussion of key photographic terms, including composition, framing, visualisation, formalism and realismanalysis of the ethics of photojournalism, and ethical issues specific to digital photography practice todaycase studies illustrating different photographic production practices and specific related issues, including an assignment for the Guardian, the Libyan People’s Bureau siege, and the work of war photographersa foregrounding of digital photographic practices, and exploration of areas including photographic manipulation, digital photojournalism, citizen journalists and copyright on the internetend of chapter summaries of key points, and an extensive glossary of essential photography terms.The Photography Handbook, Third edition is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and practitioners of photography, and all those seeking to understand its place in today’s society.
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Introduction 1. Historical outline of photographic representation 2. Pre-production 3. The photographic image 4. Post-production 5. Photo-elicitation 6. The documentary photograph 7. Photography as a cultural critique 8. The ethics of photojournalism 9. Photography and Technological Change 10. Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography
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ISBN
9780415533027
Publisert
2016-01-08
Utgave
3. utgave
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Routledge
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884 gr
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246 mm
Bredde
174 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
292

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Biographical note

Terence Wright is Emeritus Professor at Ulster University, where he was Professor of Visual Arts and Course Director of the MFA Photography programme. He is a member of the International Editorial Board of the journal Visual Studies and a member of the advisory board of the World Congress of Anthropological Associations. Formerly he worked as a freelance photojournalist in Central London and has held visiting fellowships at the Centre for Research in Arts Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge and The Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas.