(P/B) PHOTOGRAPHY THEORY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

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Photography Theory in Historical Perspective: Case Studies from Contemporary Art aims to contribute to the understanding of the multifaceted and complex character of the photographic medium by dealing with various case studies selected from photographic practices in contemporary art, discussed in the context of views and theories of photography from its inception.
uses case studies to explain photographic practices in contemporary art and place them in the context of theory
presents current debates on theory of photography through comparisons to research of other visual media
applicable to vernacular and documentary photography as well as art photography. (From the publisher)

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Structure of the Book
What is a "Medium"?
Framing the Focus of the Book
Analog Versus Digital
The Overlap of Themes
1 Representation in Photography: The Competition with Painting
Photography, Objectivity, and Representation
Straight and Composed Photography: The Impact of the Digital
Photographs as Iconic Index of the Reality Represented
Aura, Authenticity, and Reproducibility in Photography
Painting-like Photographs Versus Photo-like Paintings as Multimediating Pictures: The Question of Color
Sharp and Blurred Photographs: Transparency and Hypermediacy
2 Time in Photography: The Rivalry with Time-Based Arts
Barthes's That-has-Been and Punctum
Time Exposure and Instantaneity in Photographs
Serial Documentation and the Decisive Moment
Presence and Absence in Photography: Replaced Images Versus Objects of Contemplation
3 Place and Space in Photography: Positioning Toward Virtual Places and Spatial Objects
Constructed Places in Relation to Places That Exist(ed)
Monocular Perspective Investigated Through Divergent and Poly-ocular Perspectives
Spatial Photographs as Extension of the Photo as Two-dimensional Image
4 Photography's Social Function: The Documentary Legacy
"Photography Against the Grain"
Photography, Text, and Context
(Post-)Documentary Photographs as Art. Color, and the Politics of (Re)Presentation
Critical Approaches of Advertising and Fashion Photography
5 Self-reflective Photography
Photography as Record of the Reflection of Light
Reflections on Taking Photographs: Photograph-Camera-Photographer
The Photograph as Product of a Process of Reflection
Psychoanalytic Theories Projected in Photography
From Self-reflective Digital Photography Back to Classical Mirror Mythologies
Glossary
References
Credits and sources
Index