At Face Value and Beyond : Photographic Constructions of Reality /

How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to pinpoint the specific use of images in particular contexts? Monika Schwärzler presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis, as well as from sociological, aesthe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schwärzler, Monika (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2016]
Edition:	1. Aufl.
Series:	Image (Transcript (Firm)) ; v. 75.
Subjects:	Media studies. Society and culture: general. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. Fine Arts. Image. Imagery. Media. Photography. Visual Culture. Visual Literacy. Visual Studies. Photography > Appreciation. Visual communication in art. Photography, Artistic. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Acknowledgment
Inhalt
Introductory Remarks
Conscious and Semi-Conscious States of the Camera: Comments on a History of Photographic Parapraxes
Dressed to Suffer and Redeem: Staged Photography Featuring Biblical Narratives
Blocked View and Impeded Vision: An Affective Response to the Photographs of Maria Hahnenkamp and Thomas Struth
Unedited Glamor: The Vienna Opera Ball and Its Rendition by Network Cameras
Lost in Pleasure: Mad Joy in Images of Youth Culture
Death Can Wait: Images of Old Age and Dying in Austrian Hospice Campaigns
"The Beast": On the Photographic Staging of the Large Hadron Collider at the Nuclear Research Center in Geneva
Denigrative Views: On the Deconstruction of Visages in Print Media
The White Handbag: Photography and Ownership
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