Before-and-After Photography: Histories and Contexts
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1474253113 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Jordan Bear is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Toronto, Canada.Kate Palmer Albers is Assistant Professor in the Art History Division at the University of Arizona, USA.
Packed with case studies that explore the conceptual implications of these images, the book's rich language of evidence, documentation and persuasion present both historical material and the work of practicing photographers who have deployed – and challenged – the conventions of the before-and-after pairing.Touching on issues including sexuality, race, environmental change and criminality, Before-and-After Photography examines major topics of current debate in the critique of photography in an accessible way to allow students and scholars to explore the rich conceptual issues around photography's relationship with time and imagination.. The before-and-after trope in photography has lo
Along the way a rich seam of new thinking emerges about photography and temporality, imagination and expectation, which contributes to core concerns in history, philosophy, art and the social sciences. Through its broad-ranging case studies, across the history of the medium, the book explores the phenomenon through the representation of bodies in medicine and the penal system, landscape and architectural photography, and depictions of war and natural disasters, to name but a few. * Anthony Lee, Mount Holyoke College, USA * This highly original collection takes as its subject matter an enduring trope of photographic practice that has - curiously - never previously been examined in depth. The book shows how the medium of photography has irrevocably shaped our modern percept