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The Photograph
Graham Clarke
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Description for The Photograph
Paperback. In a series of discussions of major themes and genres, Graham Clarke gives a clear and incisive account of the photograph's historical development, and elucidates the insights of the most interesting thinkers on the subject such as Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 248 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: AC; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
From the first misty `heliograph' taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1826 to the classic compositions of Cartier-Bresson and Alfred Steiglitz, to the striking postmodern strategies of Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman and Victor Burgin, the history of photography is a record of dazzling and penetrating images. But photographs are also the most pervasive images of our time, infinite in their capacity to record and make moments significant, granting status to everything they touch. So how do we read a photograph? In a series of brilliant discussions of major themes and genres, Graham Clarke gives a ... Read more
From the first misty `heliograph' taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1826 to the classic compositions of Cartier-Bresson and Alfred Steiglitz, to the striking postmodern strategies of Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman and Victor Burgin, the history of photography is a record of dazzling and penetrating images. But photographs are also the most pervasive images of our time, infinite in their capacity to record and make moments significant, granting status to everything they touch. So how do we read a photograph? In a series of brilliant discussions of major themes and genres, Graham Clarke gives a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Oxford History of Art
Condition
New
Weight
601g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192842008
SKU
V9780192842008
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Ref
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About Graham Clarke
Graham Clarke is Reader in Literary & Image Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury. His publications include The American City: Literary & Cultural Perspectives (St Martin's Press, 1988), and The Portrait in Photography (Reaktion Books, 1992). He is on the advisory board of the journal History of Photography and the editorial board of Journal of American Studies (Cambridge).
Reviews for The Photograph
a superb piece of publishing
Rupert Christiansen, Spectator
An important part of the Oxford History of Art series ... It's an enormous subject, but it's tackled in a tremendously accessible manner. A must for anyone interested in taking seriously good pictures.
Swansea South Wales Evening Post
Clarke does an admirable job of condensing theoretical debates concerning ... Read more
Rupert Christiansen, Spectator
An important part of the Oxford History of Art series ... It's an enormous subject, but it's tackled in a tremendously accessible manner. A must for anyone interested in taking seriously good pictures.
Swansea South Wales Evening Post
Clarke does an admirable job of condensing theoretical debates concerning ... Read more