Author : Joan Schwartz
Release : 2021-10-30
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 783/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Picturing Place by : Joan Schwartz
Download or read book Picturing Place written by Joan Schwartz. This book was released on 2021-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent of photography opened up new worlds to 19th century viewers, who were able to visualize themselves and the world beyond in unprecedented detail. But the emphasis on the photography's objectivity masked the subjectivity inherent in deciding what to record, from what angle and when. This text examines this inherent subjectivity. Drawing on photographs that come from personal albums, corporate archives, commercial photographers, government reports and which were produced as art, as record, as data, the work shows how the photography shaped and was shaped by geographical concerns.