Schwärzler At Face Value and Beyond

Photographic Constructions of Reality
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-8394-2954-9
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm

Reihe: Image

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwärzler, Monika

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medientheorie, Medienanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Film, Video, Foto
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Spezielle Techniken in der Fotografie

Über Autor(innen)

Schwärzler, Monika
Monika Schwärzler-Brodesser, Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Vienna. Former head of the Department of Art with an Emphasis in Visual Culture at Webster Vienna Private University. Research areas: art and media theory, photography, visual culture.

Monika Schwärzler-Brodesser, Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Vienna. Former head of the Department of Art with an Emphasis in Visual Culture at Webster Vienna Private University. Research areas: art and media theory, photography, visual culture.