The State of the Political Photograph — Musée Magazine
WEBAug 2, 2019 · Political photography — despite its ever-growing presence in the advent of the internet and 24-hour news stream — has often been overlooked as a subtle way of influencing public perception. Visualization plays a large part in determining the perceived fitness of leaders.
The Politics of Documentary Photography: Three Theoretical …
WEBMar 21, 2019 · Abstract. Photographers are often inspired by politics but can they influence it? Drawing on the study of public policy and the history of photography, this article considers three ways in which documentary photographers enter the policy process.
Social Theory, Photography and the Visual Aesthetic of Cultural ...
WEBMay 11, 2020 · The politics and aesthetics of these years are a productive ground for exploring the controversies over representation and truth, indexicality and symbol, which vacillated between blurred movements of abstraction and photographic realism.
From Protest to Portraiture – 5 Political Photographs to
WEBFeb 20, 2020 · However, there is still a story to be told in a political photo – often one which has changed over time, or altered with hindsight, or been shaped by the artist’s intervention. Here are five examples from the Artspace archive from different times, with very different approaches, but equally powerful results.
Photography between Publicity and Politics - Taylor & Francis …
WEBMay 3, 2024 · Abstract. Georgina Karvellas was one of the few women photographers documenting apartheid South Africa for several decades. She produced work for the fashion and music sector next to striking documentary work with a clear stance against the government’s segregationist policy.
Photography and Political Aesthetics | Jane Tormey | Taylor
WEBNov 30, 2023 · ABSTRACT. This accessible book explores the creative uses of photography with political purpose, both in terms of subject matter and of the political perspectives that have driven attitudes to viewing photographs.
Contemporary Art, Photography, and the Politics of Citizenship
WEBJul 27, 2020 · This book analyzes recent artistic and activist projects in order to conceptualize the new roles and goals of a critical theory and practice of art and photography.
War at Home: Photography, Political Violence, and Spectacle in …
WEBAug 15, 2023 · This article explores how photography responded to and visualized the unprecedented political violence that engulfed Russia during the Revolution of 1905. Situating this “war at home” in a global context of early commercial and humanitarian photography of violence, it charts the emergence of …
Politics and Photography | 18 | Being Together, with …
WEBPrioritizing examples from a variety of continents, historical moments, digital and material environments, the chapter clarifies how politics has affected photographic uses, practices and meanings and the ways photography sways people’s lives.
The Big Picture: On the Politics of Contemporary Photography
WEBOct 6, 2009 · Abstract. This article investigates the politics of contemporary art photography, specifically the work of those photographers who produce characteristically large images (eg, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Jeff Wall).
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