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Paperback. Explores the photograph in the 21st century and its importance as a media form. Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AJ; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Photography explores the photograph in the twenty-first century and its importance as a media form. Stephen Bull considers our media-saturated society and the place of photography in everyday life, introducing the theories used to analyse photographs and exploring the impact of digital technology.
The text is split into short, accessible chapters on the broad themes central to the study and analysis of photography, and key issues are explained and applied to visual examples in each chapter.
Topics covered include:
- the identity of photography
- the meanings of photographs
- photography for sale
- snapshots
- the photograph as document
- photography as art
- photographs in fashion
- photography and celebrity.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415428941
SKU
V9780415428941
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About Stephen Bull
Stephen Bull is a writer, lecturer and artist. He is Course Leader for BA (Hons) Photography at the University of the Creative Arts, Farnham. He has written articles for Creative Camera, Photoworks and Source and contributed chapters to books such as The Media: An Introduction and Joachim Schmid: Photoworks 1982-2007.
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