The Genius of Photography - Gerry Badger
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The Genius of Photography sets out to explore - through some of the key events, personalities and images that have marked the development of the medium - what the essence of the part-art, part-science is. Six short chapters set the evolution of photography in its social context, but at the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photograph. And the twenty or so iconic images chosen to illustrate each chapter are examined and explained in essays that place them within the many unfolding stories of photography while illuminating the underlying issues the book addresses. Can we 'believe' what a photograph shows us? Why is a photograph more than the sum of its subject-matter? How does the photographer deal with history? Why is photography the melancholy art?
Provocative and enlightening by turns, Gerry Badger's critical perspective and keen aesthetic sense will make this a landmark book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important artforms of the twenty-first centur...
Provocative and enlightening by turns, Gerry Badger's critical perspective and keen aesthetic sense will make this a landmark book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important artforms of the twenty-first centur...
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2014Uitgever: Quadrille Publishing256 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1849495238ISBN-13: 9781849495233Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Published to huge critical acclaim to support the major BBC television series on this ever more influential art form, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photography. At the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photograph. What is it that makes a photograph by Nan Goldin or Henri Cartier Bresson stand out among the millions of others taken by all of us every single day? The Genius of Photography examines the evoluti...
