1st Edition

Rethinking Photography Histories, Theories and Education

By Peter Smith, Carolyn Lefley Copyright 2016
396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

Rethinking Photography is an accessible and illuminating critical introduction to the practice and interpretation of photography today. Peter Smith and Carolyn Lefley closely link critical approaches to photographic practices and present a detailed study of differing historical and contemporary perspectives on social and artistic functions of the medium, including photography as art,... Read more

Part 1: Histories  Introduction to Part 1  1. Histories and Pre-Histories  2. Photography in the Nineteenth Century Peter Smith with Andrew Golding  3. Photographic Realism: Straight Photography and Photographic Truth  4. The Constructed Photograph  Case Study 1. Snapshot Photography and the Portable box Camera  Case Study 2. The Digital Camera  Part 2: Theories  Introduction to Part 2  5. The Rise of Photography Theories  6. Photography and the Written Word  Case Study 2. Semiology: How Images Make Meaning  Part 3: Photography and Education Introduction to Part 3  7. Issues and Debates in Photography Education I: New Photography Theory  8. Issues and Debates in Photography Education II: The Return of the Real  9. Teaching and Learning Photography Peter Smith with Andrew Golding  10. New Technology and Photography Education  Part 4: Beyond the Academy Introduction to Part 4  11. Photography, Advertising and Consumer Culture  12. Photography and The Creative Economy  Case Study 4: Digital and Mobile Phone Cultures  Case Study 5: The Designed Photograph: Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) in Car Photography

Biography

Peter Smith is a writer and lecturer with over 30 years of experience in teaching Art History and Cultural Theory. He has written articles and reviews for many journals including The Oxford Art Journal and Kunst und Politik. Recent publications include chapters in books including As Radical as Reality itself: Essays on Marxism for the 21st Century (2007) and Renew Marxist Art History (2013). He is currently a teaching at the University of West London where he was course leader for an M.A. in Photography.

Carolyn Lefley is Lecturer in Photography at the University of Hertfordshire and a photographic artist. Her research interests include photography and expanded media: moving image, mobile photography and computer generated imagery. Her photographic practice explores notions of home, belonging and folklore.