At Face Value and Beyond : : Photographic Constructions of Reality / / Monika Schwärzler.
How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to deal with the specific use of images in particular contexts? Monika Schwärzler presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis as well as from sociological, aesthe...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bielefeld : : transcript-Verlag,, [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1. Aufl. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Image
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgment -- Inhalt -- Introductory Remarks -- Conscious and Semi-Conscious States of the Camera -- Dressed to Suffer and Redeem -- Blocked View and Impeded Vision -- Unedited Glamor -- Lost in Pleasure -- Death Can Wait -- "The Beast" -- Denigrative Views -- The White Handbag -- References |
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| Summary: | How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to deal with the specific use of images in particular contexts? Monika Schwärzler presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis as well as from sociological, aesthetic, and psychoanalytic perspectives. The topics range from a new reading of Thomas Struth's street photographs to CERN photos with their charged rhetoric, from the assault of photographic close-ups to speculations on an anonymous slide collection featuring a woman with an ever-present white handbag. The book is intended for an audience receptive to the analytical appeal of images, prepared to go beyond what can be taken at face value. |
| ISBN: | 3839429544 |
| Access: | Open access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Monika Schwärzler. |