The ethics of form in the photographic essay

Author

Mitchell, W. J. T.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Afterimage. 1989, Num. 6, Vol. 16, 8-13, 9 ill.

ISSN

0300-7472

Abstract (en)

Explores the relationship of photography and language in connection with the medium known as the photographic essay. Examines four photo essays that foreground the dialectic of exchange and resistance between photography and text: Let us now praise famous men (1939), by James Agee and Walker Evans; Camera lucida (1981), by Roland Barthes; The colonial harem (1981), by Malek Alloula; After the last sky (1986), by Edward Said and Jean Mohr.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Pictorial arts -- Photography
• Photography
• 1900-2000
• Agee, James, 1909-1955
• Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
• Barthes, Roland, 1915-1980
• Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
• Camera lucida || Barthes, Roland, 1915-1980
• Alloula, Malek, 20th c.
• Colonial harem
• Mohr, Jean, b.1925
• Documentary photography
• Language
• After the last sky
• Writing
• Collaboration
• Authors
• Photographers

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie
• Photographie
• 1900-2000
• Agee, James, 1909-1955
• Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
• Barthes, Roland, 1915-1980
• Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
• Camera lucida || Barthes, Roland, 1915-1980
• Alloula, Malek, 20~e s.
• Colonial harem
• Mohr, Jean, n.1925
• Photographie documentaire
• Langage
• After the last sky
• Ecriture
• Collaboration
• Auteurs
• Photographes

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00453578

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