ABSTRACT

The second edition of Why Art Photography? is an updated, expanded introduction to the ideas behind today’s striking photographic images. Lively, accessible discussions of key issues such as ambiguity, objectivity, fiction, authenticity, and photography’s expanding field are supplemented with new material around timely topics such as globalization, selfie culture, and photographers’ use of advanced digital technologies, including CGI and virtual reality.

The new edition includes:

  • an expanded introduction
  • extended chapters featuring emerging trends
  • a larger selection of images, including new color images
  • an improved and expanded bibliography

This new edition is essential for students looking to enrich their understanding of photography as a complex and multi-faceted art form.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

Why art photography?

chapter 1|20 pages

Hybrid genres

Portraiture

chapter 2|25 pages

Objectivity and seriousness

chapter 3|21 pages

Fictive documents

chapter 4|25 pages

Authenticity

chapter 5|27 pages

Digital dialogues

Spectacle and spectators

chapter 6|24 pages

Beyond photography