Photography, narrative, time : imaging our forensic imagination / by Greg Battye.
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TextSeries: Critical photographyPublisher: Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2014Description: xv, 189 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781783202393 (ebook)Subject(s): Photography -- Technique | Time and photography | Photography | Photography & photographsGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9781783201778Summary: Providing an account of the narrative properties of photographs, this book focuses on the storytelling power of a single image, rather than the sequence. Drawing on ideas from painting, drawing, film, video, and multimedia, it applies contemporary research and theories drawn from cognitive science and psychology to the analysis of photographs. Providing a wide-ranging account of the narrative properties of photographs, Greg Battye focuses on the storytelling power of a single image, rather than the sequence. Drawing on ideas from painting, drawing, film, video, and multimedia, he applies contemporary research and theories drawn from cognitive science and psychology to the analysis of photographs. Using genuine forensic photographs of crime scenes and accidents, the book mines human drama and historical and sociological authenticity to argue for the centrality of the perception and representation of time in photographic narrativity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Providing an account of the narrative properties of photographs, this book focuses on the storytelling power of a single image, rather than the sequence. Drawing on ideas from painting, drawing, film, video, and multimedia, it applies contemporary research and theories drawn from cognitive science and psychology to the analysis of photographs. Providing a wide-ranging account of the narrative properties of photographs, Greg Battye focuses on the storytelling power of a single image, rather than the sequence. Drawing on ideas from painting, drawing, film, video, and multimedia, he applies contemporary research and theories drawn from cognitive science and psychology to the analysis of photographs. Using genuine forensic photographs of crime scenes and accidents, the book mines human drama and historical and sociological authenticity to argue for the centrality of the perception and representation of time in photographic narrativity.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781783201778
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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