Photography and Cinema (Exposures) [Paperback]

Winner of the 2009 And/Or Book Awards - Moving Image category 'In Photography and Cinema, David Campany eloquently engages with the dynamic relationship between the still photographic image and the moving cinematic one. Through a series of compelling and enlightening discussions of each medium, Campany asks us to consider how they have responded to and mediated - or been mediated by - each other, and how they engage with subjective acts of seeing and being seen ... an elegant and illuminating overview of the way these two media continue to speak to, and about, each other. Times Literary Supplement Campany suggests that while cinema's relation to photography is often covetous, it is also affectionate. Film may be the dominant medium, but it is nevertheless in thrall to photography; Photography and Cinema doesn't overstate cinema's supremacy, but it does suggest that, where and when it surpasses photography, it also lovingly enshrines it. Art Review a perfect introduction to the debates about the relationships between the moving and the still image in photography and film. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television an important contribution to recent debates on the reciprocal influence of the two media. The courage needed to undertake such a vast project, embracing more than a hundred years of common history, numerous social uses and cultural contexts as well as various theoretic approaches, commands deep respect ... the book provides an insight into central aspects of its subject matter, it gives numerous hints to relevant theoretical debates and offers insightful analysis of films, illustrated books, photo sequences and single photographs. Image and Narrative a very accessible, jargon-free written, and nicely designed introduction to a nearly inexhaustible reservoir of interesting source material and themes ... What Campany's work should mainly be praised for is that it bridges towards a larger audience. Camera Austria Photography and Cinema is an exemplary sort of book. David Campany writes extremely well and he provides lucid insights on every page. Accompanied by beautifully produced images, his text is a journey through the development of cinema and photography and their effect on each other. Modest and succinct, it is exactly what you want a book on this subject to be. -- Mike Dibb

David Campany is a writer, artist and Reader in Photography at the University of Westminster. He is the author of the anthologies 'Art and Photography' (2003) and 'The Cinematic' (2007).