The image factory
Subtitle: consumer culture, photography and the visual content industry
By: Paul Frosh.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: New technologies/new cultures series
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Photographic industry; Advertising -- Social aspects; Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects; International business enterprises -- Social aspects; Intercultural communication
Description: This title exposes the interior workings of the visual content industry, which produces approximately 70 per cent of the images that define consumer cultures. It combines original research on stock photography with a theoretical take on the circulation of images in contemporary culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.