Why Art Photography? by Lucy Soutter

Why Art Photography? by Lucy Soutter

Contemporary art photography is paradoxical. Anyone can look at it and form an opinion about what they see, yet it represents critical positions that only a small minority of well-informed viewers can usually access. This book provides an introduction to the ideas behind today's striking photographic images.

'While documentary photography is generally well understood, the diverse traditions of conceptual, semi-factual or entirely fictional art photography remain a mystery to manyWhy Art Photography?　is an accessible and intelligent guide, which addresses key themes like "authenticity" and "objectivity" by examining the thought-provoking work of living, often younger, artists.' – Dr Sarah Thornton, author of Seven Days in the Art World

'The reader joins Soutter's class to gain access to the rarefied debates encountered at the cutting edge of contemporary art photography.' - The Art Newspaper

'Soutter has accomplished her mission: to those in the know and those who want to be, she has explained not just the whys but the how-tos of contemporary art photography.' - Source

Lucy Soutter is a photographer, critic and art historian. She is a tutor in the Department of Critical and Historical Studies at the Royal College of Art. Her writings on contemporary art and photography include essays in Girls! Girls! Girls! in Contemporary Art (Intellect, 2011), Appropriation (Whitechapel Gallery, 2009) and Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary Photography (Scala, 2008).

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ISBN 13	9780415577342
ISBN 10	0415577349
Title	Why Art Photography?
Author	Lucy Soutter
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2013-02-18
Number of pages	150
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