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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Photography: A Very Short Introduction

Photography: A Very Short Introduction

Edwards, Steven

Paperback

Series: Very Short Introductions

General Photography

Publisher Price: $12.99

ISBN10: 0192801643
ISBN13: 9780192801647
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Nov 20 2006
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.41 Width: 4.24 Depth: 6.96
Language: English
Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives, from sensationalist images in tabloid papers, to personal family snapshots, to the art photography displayed in galleries and sold through international art markets. In this thought-provoking exploration of the subject, Steve Edwards provides a clear, lively, and imaginative approach to the definition, importance, and meaning of photography. He combines a sense of its historical development with an analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context. Edwards also discusses both well-known and more unusual photos, from the highly controversial Cottingley Fairies to Ansel Adams landscapes, and from the shocking and influential Eddie Adams image of a Vietcong suspect being executed to the portrait/performance art work of Cindy Sherman. Edwards interrogates the way we look and think about photographs, and considers such issues as truth and recording, objectivity and fine art, identity and memory.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

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