Photography : theoretical snapshots / edited by J.J. Long, Andrea Noble, and Edward Welch. - London ; New York : Routledge, c2009. - x, 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-172) and index.

List of Figures About the ContributorsIntroduction A Small History of Photography Studies Edward Welch and J.J. Long 1. Mindless Photography John Tagg 2. Thinking Photography beyond the Visual? Elizabeth Edwards 3. On Snapshot Photography: Rethinking Photographic Power In Public And Private Spheres Catherine Zuromskis 4. Family Photography and the Global Drama of Human Rights Andrea Noble 5. Dreams of Ordinary Life: Cartes-De-Visite and the Bourgeois Imagination Geoffrey Batchen 6. Race and Reproduction in Camera Lucida Shawn Michelle Smith 7. Benjamin, Atget, and the 'Readymade' Politics of Postmodern Photography Studies Kelly Dennis 8. Being Exposed: Thinking Photography and Community in Spencer Tunick's Naked World Through the Lens of Jean-Luc Nancy Louis Kaplan 9. Plato's Dilemma: 'And in This Fairy World of Labour See / A Type Of What The Actual World Should Be' Donald Preziosi Bibliography Index.

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Photography--Philosophy.
Images, Photographic.

770.1 / PHO 2009