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1. Photography: History and Theory

   By Jae Emerling

   Photography: History and Theory introduces students to both the history of photography and critical theory. From its inception in the nineteenth century, photography has instigated a series of theoretical debates. In this new text, Jae Emerling therefore argues that the most insightful way to...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
2. Documentary

   Witness and Self-Revelation

   By John Ellis

   Digital technologies have transformed documentary for both filmmakers and audiences. Documentary: Witness and Self-Revelation takes an audience-centred approach to documentary, arguing that everyday experiences of what it feels like to film and to be filmed have developed a new sophistication and...

   Published July 19th 2011 by Routledge
3. What Photography Is

   By James Elkins

   In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner as he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is. In the course of an extended imaginary dialogue with Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, Elkins...

   Published April 25th 2011 by Routledge
4. Reframing Photography

   Theory and Practice

   By Rebekah Modrak, Bill Anthes

   To fully understand photography, it is essential to study both the theoretical and the technical. In an accessible yet complex way, Rebekah Modrak and Bill Anthes explore photographic theory, history and technique to bring photographic education up-to-date with contemporary photographic practice....

   Published November 22nd 2010 by Routledge
5. Landscapes of Holocaust Postmemory

   By Brett Ashley Kaplan

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   How do the spaces of the past stay with us through representations—whether literary or photographic? How has the Holocaust registered in our increasingly globally connected consciousness? What does it mean that this European event is often used as an interpretive or representational touchstone for...

   Published July 25th 2010 by Routledge
6. Photography

   By Stephen Bull

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications

   Photography explores the photograph in the twenty-first century and its importance as a media form. Stephen Bull considers our media-saturated society and the place of photography in everyday life, introducing the theories used to analyse photographs and exploring the impact of digital...

   Published December 8th 2009 by Routledge
7. Photography: A Critical Introduction

   4th Edition

   Edited by Liz Wells

   Photography: A Critical Introduction was the first introductory textbook to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political contexts, and is now established as one of the leading textbooks in its field. Written especially for students in further and higher...

   Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge
8. Photography: Theoretical Snapshots

   Edited by J.J. Long, Andrea Noble, Edward Welch

   Over the past twenty-five years, photography has moved to centre-stage in the study of visual culture and has established itself in numerous disciplines. This trend has brought with it a diversification in approaches to the study of the photographic image. Photography: Theoretical Snapshots...

   Published December 11th 2008 by Routledge
9. Visual Communication Research Designs

   By Keith Kenney

   Visual Communication Research Designs provides a step-by-step guide for designing research involving visuals relevant to communications media. This volume explains the process from conceptualization to research questions, instrumentation, analysis, and reliability and validity checks. It also...

   Published December 9th 2008 by Routledge
10. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography

    Edited by John Hannavy

    The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of world photography up to the beginning of the twentieth century. It sets out to be the standard, definitive reference work on the subject for years to come. Its coverage is global – an important ‘first’ in...

    Published August 23rd 2007 by Routledge