At Face Value and Beyond: Photographic Constructions of Reality
Monika Schwärzler
Apr 2016 · transcript Verlag
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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.
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, aes...
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Monika Schwärzler-Brodesser, Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Vienna. Former head of the Department of Art with an Emphasis in Visual Culture at Webster Vienna Private University. Research areas: art and media theory, photography, visual culture.
Monika Schwärzler-Brodesser, Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Vienna. Former head of the Department of Art with an Emphasis in Visual Culture at Webster Vienna Private University. Research areas: art and media theory, photography, visual culture.
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