Fifty key writers on photography

Uittreksel

"Fifty Key Writers on Photography is a clear and concise survey of some of the most significant writers on photography who have played a major part in defining and influencing our understanding of the medium. It provides a succinct overview of writing on photography from a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives and examines the shifting perception of the medium over the course of its 170 year history. Key writers discussed include: Roland Barthes, Charles Baudelaire, Christian Metz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Geoffrey Batchen. Fully cross-referenced and in an A-Z format, this is an accessible and engaging introductory guide"-- Provided by publisher.

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James Agee (1909-1955) -- Malek Alloula (1937- ) -- Roland Barthes (1915-1980) -- Georges Bataille (1897-1962) -- Geoffrey Batchen (1956- ) -- Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) -- Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) -- André Bazin (1918-1958) -- Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) -- John Berger (1926- ) -- Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) -- Brassaï (1899-1984) -- Victor Burgin (1941- ) -- Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) -- Jean-François Chevrier (1954- ) -- Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) -- Lady Eastlake (1809-1893) -- Elizabeth Edwards (1952- ) -- Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936) -- Walker Evans (1903-1975) -- Vilém Flusser (1920-1991) -- Gisèle Freund (1908-2000) -- Michael Fried (1939- ) -- Clement Greenberg (1909-1994) -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) -- bell hooks (1952- ) -- Ian Jeffrey (1942- ) -- Max Kozloff (1933- ) -- Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1996) -- Rosalind E. Krauss (1941- ) -- Carol Mavor (1957- ) -- Kobena Mercer (1960- ) -- László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) -- Daido Moriyama (1938- ) -- Wright Morris (1910-1998) -- Beaumont Newhall (1908-1993) -- Marce Proust (1871-1922) -- Jacques Rancière (1940- ) -- Martha Rosler (1943- ) -- Allan Sekula (1951- ) -- Rebecca Solnit (1961- ) -- Abigail Solomon-Godeau (1947- ) -- Susan Sontag (1933-2004) -- Jo Spence (1934-1992) -- David Levi Strauss (1953- ) -- John Szarkowski (1925-2007) -- John Tagg (1949- ) -- William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1977) -- Henri Van Lier (1921-2009) -- Mike Weaver (1937- ).