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.
| ISBN: | 9783837629545 |
| Publication date: | 15th April 2016 |
| Author: | Monika Schwärzler |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript Verlag |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 187 pages |
| Series: | Image |
| Genres: |
Media studies Theory of art Photography and photographs Film history, theory or criticism Cultural studies Sociology Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology Impact of science and technology on society |