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After Photography
Fred Ritchin
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Description for After Photography
Hardcover. A fascinating look at the perils and possibilities of photography in a digital age. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 color illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 782.
After Photography examines the myriad ways in which the digital revolution has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information, from photos of news events taken by ordinary people on cell phones to the widespread use of image surveillance. In a world beset by critical problems and ambiguous boundaries, Fred Ritchin argues that it is time to begin energetically exploring the possibilities created by digital innovations and to use them to better understand our rapidly changing world.
After Photography examines the myriad ways in which the digital revolution has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information, from photos of news events taken by ordinary people on cell phones to the widespread use of image surveillance. In a world beset by critical problems and ambiguous boundaries, Fred Ritchin argues that it is time to begin energetically exploring the possibilities created by digital innovations and to use them to better understand our rapidly changing world.
Ritchin—one of our most influential commentators on photography—investigates the future of visual media as the digital revolution transforms images into a hypertextual medium, ... Read more
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Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
794g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393050240
SKU
V9780393050240
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About Fred Ritchin
Fred Ritchin is a writer, educator, and photography critic. Currently the dean emeritus of the International Center of Photography (ICP) School, Ritchin was also the founding director of the documentary photography and photojournalism program at the ICP. Prior to joining ICP, Ritchin was professor of photography and imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and codirector of ... Read more
Reviews for After Photography
"Starred Review. Ritchen (In Our Own Image) offers a supple, politically astute and fascinating account of the dizzying impact of the digital revolution on the trajectory of the photographic image that, like all new media, changes the world in the very act of observing it...."
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