Over the last two hundred years photography has become part of everyday life, a position consolidated by the recent development of digital imaging and manipulation. Used to confirm identity, to sell products, to reshape the real, to visualise the news, to record and communicate the personal moment, and as an art form in its own right, photography is now one of the most accessible and pervasive of media. "Photography: The Key Concepts" provides an ideal guide to the place of photography in our society and to the extraordinary range of photographic genres. Outlining the history of photography and explaining the body of theory which has built up around its use, the book guides the reader through the genres of documentary, portraiture, landscape, still life, art and global photography. Illustrated with a range of historical and contemporary images and case material, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in photography.
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Photography: The Key Concepts, brilliantly engages students in the essential theoretical debates around contemporary photography. While not shying away from the necessity for the serious study of theory, not least in the core approaches of semiotics and psychoanalysis, it strikes just the right balance between erudition and plain explanation. Michael O'Brien, Roehampton University This volume is cleverly written and could be helpful in a context where students' reading is supervised and commented upon. B.P. Chalifour, CHOICE Magazine
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David Bate is Reader in Photography at the University of Westminster, London and author of Photography and Surrealism and Photography After Postmodernism. His photographic work has been exhibited across Europe and America.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By R. Gault
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It's not bad, but it's a very academic book. I found myself reading every paragraph about three times before I could understand it, and even then sometimes I was baffled.
For example page 17 "..the more technology develops the diffusion of information (and notably of images), the more it provides the means of masking the constructed meaning under the appearance of the given meaning"
I mean, what on earth does that mean?
For me it's a book to pick up, read a page or two then leave back down for a while.
For example page 17 "..the more technology develops the diffusion of information (and notably of images), the more it provides the means of masking the constructed meaning under the appearance of the given meaning"
I mean, what on earth does that mean?
For me it's a book to pick up, read a page or two then leave back down for a while.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By mb
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This book is a clear, readable overview of photographic theory. I have greatly enjoyed reading it and it contains a useful bibliography for further reading. As an added bonus, it's portable and fits easily in my bag!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Sofia Shinas
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David Bates was always a strong influence at my studies in Edinburgh Napier University. This book helped me through a lot of the ideas we were discussing in class with Photographic Theory. Valuable tool throughout that semester.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Jr Wilkinson
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This book can be quite difficult to follow, however it does get to places within photography which usually goes unnoticed by most of us, worth a read.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By PeterR
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Another book on the Reading List! This is a very clear and manageable account, and highly recommended for photography students everywhere.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By andyflier
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As a reasonably keen amateur photographer but without any training etc, I thought I'd read this book. I found it absorbing and really useful in being able to think about images and their meaning and relevance. Highly recommended if you're ready for some theory.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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An excellent introduction to photographic theory, very well written, and a highly pleasureable reading if you are seriously interested in photography. A more careful proofreading would have catched a couple of annoying and repeated typos in people's names.
5 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By wildsam
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this is excellent starting point for theory work on photography wish knew about this before started university.
It is great book.
It is great book.
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