What photography is / James Elkins.
What photography is / James Elkins.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N770.1/28
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 222 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Writing -- Selenite, ice, salt -- From the Green River to the Brunswick peninsula -- A drop of water, World Trade Center dust -- The rapatronic camera -- Lingqi.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2011.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner that he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is. Elkins argues that photography is also about meaninglessness--its apparently endless capacity to show us things that we do not want or need to se...
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What photography is / James Elkins.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-222).
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N770.1/28
Record Identifier
74VvmXwBlVyl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvmXwBlVyl
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ISBN
0203886488 (e-book)
9780415995689 (hardback : alk. paper)
041599568X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780415995696 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415995698 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780203886489 (e-book)
DDC
770.1
MMS ID
991006553369702626
