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The photography handbook / Terence Wright.

By: Wright, Terence, 1952-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004Edition: 2nd ed.Description: x, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415258030 ; 0415258049 .Subject(s): Photography | Photography -- ProcessingDDC classification: 771
Contents:
Historical outline of photographic representation -- Pre-production -- The photographic image -- Post-production -- The documentary photograph -- Photography as a cultural critique -- The ethics of photojournalism -- Characteristics of digital photography.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 771 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00105807
General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 771 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00056029
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Revised and updated, this second edition of The Photography Handbookprovides an introduction to the principles of photographic practice and theory and offers guidelines for the systematic study of photographic media.

Including a new chapter on the ethics of photojournalism, and an expanded chapter on digital photography, as well as a new section on research in photography, The Photography Handbookincludes:

new case studies of the war photographer James Nachtwey photographic representations of Marilyn Monroe and Adolf Hitler an analysis of photographic theory and the 'Bert is Evil' website an introduction to conceptual skills necessary for photography the historical background and rationale for photographic representation the camera as a documentary tool interviews with editors, photographers, picture editors and readers the effect of new technologies on photographic practice and an exploration of the shift from analogue to digital imagery over seventy images.

Each chapter now ends with a useful summary of its key points, and equip the reader with a vocabulary for photographic phenomena and help develop visual awareness and visual literacy. The Photography Handbookwill enable students to familiarize themselves with current theoretical viewpoints and to evolve critical frameworks for their own photographic practice.

Bibliography: (pages 231-238) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-230).

Historical outline of photographic representation -- Pre-production -- The photographic image -- Post-production -- The documentary photograph -- Photography as a cultural critique -- The ethics of photojournalism -- Characteristics of digital photography.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of figures (p. vii)
  • Acknowledgements (p. x)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 Historical outline of photographic representation (p. 12)
  • 2 Pre-production (p. 36)
  • 3 The photographic image (p. 77)
  • 4 Post-production (p. 101)
  • 5 The documentary photograph (p. 142)
  • 6 Photography as a cultural critique (p. 160)
  • 7 The ethics of photojournalism (p. 178)
  • 8 Characteristics of digital photography (p. 191)
  • 9 Conclusion (p. 219)
  • Glossary (p. 222)
  • Notes (p. 226)
  • Bibliography (p. 231)
  • Index (p. 239)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Terence Wright is Reader in Critical, Historical and Theoretical Studies in Visual Art at the University of Ulster.