Title: At face value & beyond : photographic constructions of reality /
Authors: Schwärzler, Monika,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Struth, Thomas; Photography Appreciation.; Visual communication in art.; Photography, Artistic; Photography Appreciation; Photography, Artistic; Visual communication in art; Bildwissenschaft; Fotografie
Abstract: 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, aesthetic, and psychoanalytic perspectives. The topics range from a new reading of Thomas Struth's street photographs to CERN photos with their charged rhetoric, from the assault of photographic close-ups to speculations on an anonymous slide collection featuring a woman with an ever-present white handbag. The book is intended for an audience receptive to the analytical appeal of images, prepared to go beyond what can be taken at face value.