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Diarmuid Costello - Media Of Photography - 9781118269015 - V9781118269015
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Media Of Photography

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Description for Media Of Photography Paperback. Two events in particular occasion this volume on the philosophy of photography: the blurring of boundaries that many took to demarcate photographic technology and practices from other representational and artistic technologies and the invention of digital photography. Series: Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 9. Weight in Grams: 282.
Two events in particular occasion this volume on the philosophy of photography: the blurring of boundaries that many took to demarcate photographic technology and practices from other representational and artistic technologies and the invention of digital photography. The purpose of this volume is not to revive older questions by asking what, if anything, still distinguishes photography in the light of these developments, but to consider sundry questions about the materials and tools—or media—of photography from a variety of perspectives.
  • critically examines classic and influential arguments in philosophy of photography
  • addresses recent trends in photographic art, such as conceptualism and appropriation
  • highlights ... Read more
  • reexamines the role of photographic media in photographic art practices
  • offers new perspectives of the impact of digital technologies on photography
  • explores the relationship between photographic art and photography in other arts (comics and music) and in science
  • brings a range of philosophical methodologies and traditions into dialogue
  • incorporates extended discussions of the work of important photographers and artists who use photography (e.g. Friedlander, Gursky, Lawlor)
  • illustrates philosophical points with reproductions, many of them not widely known
  • closely connects philosophical theory to the details of photographic practice
  • offers original and novel theories of the aesthetic, artistic, and epistemic values of photographs
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118269015
SKU
V9781118269015
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About Diarmuid Costello
Diarmuid Costello is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Chair of the British Society of Aesthetics and Co-Director of the AHRC 'Aesthetics after Photography' research project. He has co-edited two other collections on photography: Photography after Conceptual Art for Art History (November 2009) and Agency and Automatism for Critical Inquiry (Summer 2012). His articles have appeared in ... Read more

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