Depth of field : essays on photography, mass media, and lens culture

Author

Coleman, A. D.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill., bibliogr. ref., index ; xxii, 197 p. ; 1998

ISBN

0-8263-1815-0

Publisher

University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Collects 11 essays, written from 1978 to the present: "The destruction business, some thoughts on the function of criticism"; "On redaction, heaps and wholes, or, Who empties the circular file?"; "Documentary, photojournalism, and press photography now, notes and questions"; "The image in question, further notes on the directorial mode"; "Mutant media, photo/montage/collage"; "The vanished borderline, sketch for a manifesto on the democratization of art"; "Conspicuous by his absence, concerning the mysterious disappearance of William Mortensen"; "Lentil soup, a meditation on lens culture"; "Edward S. Curtis, the photographer as ethnologist"; "Private lives in public places, the ethics of street photography"; "Epiloque, items for an agenda".

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Photography -- United States
• Photography
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Mortensen, William Herbert, 1897-1965
• Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1952
• Art criticism
• Lenses
• Culture

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie -- États-Unis
• Photographie
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Mortensen, William Herbert, 1897-1965
• Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1952
• Critique d'art
• Lentille (optique)
• Culture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00202718

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