At Face Value and Beyond

Photographic Constructions of Reality

Monika Schwärzler author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transcript Verlag

Published:27th Apr '16

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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.

»Monika Schwärzler [hat] aus dem divergenten Material eine analytisch stringente und zugleich gut lesbare Anleitung dafür geschaffen, wie man die einem ersten ›müden‹ Blick vertraut erscheinenden Bilder neu sehen kann: Media Literacy auf hohem Niveau.« Michael Freund, Fotogeschichte, 143 (2017) Besprochen in: EIKON, 96 (2016)

ISBN: 9783837629545

Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 2mm

Weight: 992g

188 pages