The disciplinary frame
Subtitle: photographic truths and the capture of meaning
By: John Tagg.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; Univ Of Minnesota Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780816642878; 9780816642885
Subjects: Photography -- Philosophy; Photography -- History
Description: How do photographs gain their meaning and power? John Tagg claims that, to answer this question, we must look at the ways in which everything that frames photography - the discourse that surrounds it and the institutions that circulate it - determines what counts as truth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.