The Engine of Visualization
Thinking through Photography
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Published:8th Dec '97
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£33.00(9780801486890)
In the first philosophical book wholly about photography, Patrick Maynard dispels some basic, persistent confusions by treating photography as a technology—a way to enhance and filter human power. Once photography is understood as a kind of technology, Maynard argues, insights about technology may be applied to provide the general perspective on photography that has been missing.
Philosopher Patrick Maynard makes a provocative case for revising commonly held definitions of photography.
* Technology and Culture *The Engine of Visualization: Thinking Through Photography by Patrick Maynard makes an original contribution to the ongoing conversation about photography by calling attention to the unexpected forms into which the 'technology' of photography has been evolving.
* The Art BoISBN: 9780801433658
Dimensions: 235mm x 155mm x 30mm
Weight: 907g
352 pages