Contest of Meaning by Richard Bolton
Photography's great success gives the impression that the major questions that have haunted the medium are now resolved. On the contrary, the most important questions about photography are just beginning to be asked. These fourteen essays, with over 200 illustrations, critically examine prevailing beliefs about the medium and suggest new ways to explain the history of photography. They are organized around the questions: What are the social consequences of aesthetic practice? How does photography construct sexual difference? How is photography used to promote class and national interests? What are the politics of photographic truth? The Contest of Meaning summarizes the challenges to traditional photographic history that have developed in the last decade out of a consciously political critique of photographic production. Contributions by a wide range of important Americans critics reexamine the complex--and often contradictory--roles of photography within society. Douglas Crimp, Christopher Phillips, Benjamin Buchloh, and Abigail Solomon Godeau examine the gradually developed exclusivity of art photography and describe the politics of canon formation throughout modernism. Catherine Lord, Deborah Bright, Sally Stein, and Jan Zita Grover examine the ways in which the female is configured as a subject, and explain how sexual difference is constructed across various registers of photographic representation. Carol Squiers, Esther Parada, and Richard Bolton clarify the ways in which photography serves as a form of mass communication, demonstrating in particular how photographic production is affected by the interests of the powerful patrons of communications. The three concluding essays, by Rosalind Krauss, Martha Rosler, and Allan Sekula, critically examine the concept of photographic truth by exploring the intentions informing various uses of objective images within society.
Richard Bolton is a professional watercolor artist. He is the author of Creative Watercolour Techniques and Painting Landscapes & Nature and coauthor of Watercolour Flower Painting Step-by-Step, Watercolour Landscapes, and Watercolour Painting. Geoff Kersey is an experienced watercolor artist who has made more than 30 watercolor DVDs. He is the author and coauthor of more than a dozen art books, including Geoff's Top Tips for Watercolour Artists and Watercolour Tips & Techniques. Joe Francis Dowden is an internationally collected watercolor artist and the author of several books, including Painting Water, Venice in Watercolour, and Water in Watercolour. Janet Whittle is a professional artist and teacher who specializes in flowers and landscapes in watercolor and pastel. She exhibits regularly at the Westminster Galleries in London and is the author of How to Draw: Flowers, Janet Whittle's Watercolour Flowers, and Painting Flowers and Plants.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262521697 |
| ISBN 10 | 0262521695 |
| Title | Contest of Meaning |
| Author | Richard Bolton |
| Series | Contest Of Meaning |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1992-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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