PHOTOMONTH IN KRAKOW — 2010
A DISCUSSION - THE CANONICAL TEXTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY THEORY
The Weight of Photography. Photography History Theory and Criticism
In The Weight of Photography eminent scholars explore the nature of photographic representation. Philosophy and theory of photography leads them to pose the classic questions: What are photography’s characteristics? How can one interpret it? What is its value? How does it function and within which system? How is meaning produced? And the most fundamental question of all: What is photography?
The Weight of Photography explores the suggestive but problematic relation between our experience of photography, video and film – time-based mediums par excellence – and our perception of the visual world. An essential collection of contemporary thought, The Weight of Photography provides a strong introduction to newcomers and a point of reference to those already engaged in discussions about photography, art, history, education, culture and criticism.
Bringing together essays from contemporary scholars such as Jean Baudrillard, Terry Barrett, Philippe Dubois, Willem Elias, Annette W. Balkema, and Jan Simons, this collection marks a growing interest in the suggestive yet problematic relation between our experience of photography, video and film, and our perception of the visual world. As an essential concentration of contemporary thought, this selection provides an excellent introduction for newcomers and a fresh point of view for those already engaged in discussions about photography, art, history, education, culture and criticism.
About the Editors:
Johan Swinnen is an art and new-media critic, an editor, and a writer who teaches contemporary art history and theory at the Free University Brussels and at University College Antwerp.
Luc Deneulin has studied in Brussels and done exhaustive research on Riefenstahl’s early films.
12.05.2010, 7:00 p.m.
A discussion devoted to the canonical texts of photography theory and a book presentation: the anthology The Weight of Photography. Photography History Theory and Criticism. Introductory Readings (ASP) and On Photography by Susan Sontag (Karakter) (only Polish)
Camelot Gallery & Imago Mundi Foundation Gallery, 17 Ĺw. Tomasza st.
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