Photography /
Bull, Stephen, 1963-
Photography / Stephen Bull. - London : Routledge, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 240 p.) : ill., ports. - Routledge introductions to media and communications . - Routledge introductions to media and communications. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An easy to read and compact guide for students, this is the perfect book to pop into a bag, and dip into again and again. This newest addition to the Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications series offers a clear and easy to read introduction to photography for the media studies student. Photography explores the photograph in thetwenty-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 technology. The text is split into short, accessible chapters on the broad themes central to the study and analysis of photography, and key issues are explained and applied to visual examples in each chapter. Topics covered include: the identity of photography the meanings of photographs photography for sale snapshots the photograph as document photography as art photographs in fashion photography and celebrity. Photography is an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive introduction to debates about photography now and is particularly useful to media, photography and visual culture students.
9780203867297 (ebook) : No price
Photography--Philosophy.
Photography--Social aspects.
Art and photography.
Photography.
The arts: general issues
Photography & photographs
Media studies
Education
Photography / Stephen Bull. - London : Routledge, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 240 p.) : ill., ports. - Routledge introductions to media and communications . - Routledge introductions to media and communications. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An easy to read and compact guide for students, this is the perfect book to pop into a bag, and dip into again and again. This newest addition to the Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications series offers a clear and easy to read introduction to photography for the media studies student. Photography explores the photograph in thetwenty-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 technology. The text is split into short, accessible chapters on the broad themes central to the study and analysis of photography, and key issues are explained and applied to visual examples in each chapter. Topics covered include: the identity of photography the meanings of photographs photography for sale snapshots the photograph as document photography as art photographs in fashion photography and celebrity. Photography is an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive introduction to debates about photography now and is particularly useful to media, photography and visual culture students.
9780203867297 (ebook) : No price
Photography--Philosophy.
Photography--Social aspects.
Art and photography.
Photography.
The arts: general issues
Photography & photographs
Media studies
Education