Fifty key writers on photography / 50 key writers on photography edited by Mark Durden. - xxii, 274 pages ; 23 cm. - Routledge key guides . - Routledge key guides. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

James Agee (1909-1955) -- Malek Alloula (1937-) -- Roland Barthes (1915-1980) -- Georges Bataille (1897-1962) -- Geoffrey Batchen (1956-) -- Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) -- Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) -- Andr�e Bazin (1918-1958) -- Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) -- John Berger (1926-) -- Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) -- Brassa�i (1899-1984) -- Victor Burgin (1941-) -- Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) -- Jean-Fran�cois Chevrier (1954-) -- Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) -- Lady Eastlake (1809-1893) -- Elizabeth Edwards (1952-) -- Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936) -- Walker Evans (1903-1975) -- Vil�em Flusser (1920-1991) -- Gis�ele Freund (1908-2000) -- Michael Fried (1939-) -- Clement Greenberg (1909-1994) -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) -- bell hooks (1952-) -- Ian Jeffrey (1942-) -- Max Kozloff (1933-) -- Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1996) -- Rosalind E. Krauss (1941-) -- Carol Mavor (1957-) -- Kobena Mercer (1960-) -- L�aszl�o Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) -- Daido Moriyama (1938-) -- Wright Morris (1910-1998) -- Beaumont Newhall (1908-1993) -- Marce Proust (1871-1922) -- Jacques Ranci�ere (1940-) -- Martha Rosler (1943-) -- Allan Sekula (1951-) -- Rebecca Solnit (1961-) -- Abigail Solomon-Godeau (1947-) -- Susan Sontag (1933-2004) -- Jo Spence (1934-1992) -- David Levi Strauss (1953-) -- John Szarkowski (1925-2007) -- John Tagg (1949-) -- William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1977) -- Henri Van Lier (1921-2009) -- Mike Weaver (1937-).

"Fifty Key Writers on Photography is a clear and concise survey of some of the most significant writers on photography who have played a major part in defining and influencing our understanding of the medium. It provides a succinct overview of writing on photography from a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives and examines the shifting perception of the medium over the course of its 170 year history. Key writers discussed include:Roland BarthesCharles Baudelaire Christian MetzHenri Cartier-BressonGeoffrey BatchenFully cross-referenced and in an A-Z format, this is an accessible and engaging introductory guide"--

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Photography.
Photography literature.
Technology writers--Biography.
Photographers--Biography.
PHOTOGRAPHY / General.
PHOTOGRAPHY / History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Photographers.
Photography.
Photography literature.
Technology writers.
�Asthetik.
Kunsthistoriker.
Photograph.
Photographie.


Biography.

TR 185 .F54 2013