What Photography Is by Elkins, James - 2011-06-07

Paperback. Like New.

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Routledge. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback / softback. New. In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner as he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is. In the course of an extended imaginary dialogue with Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, Elkins argues that photography is also about meaninglessness--its apparently endless capacity to show us things that we do not want or need to see--and also about pain, because extremely powerful images can sear permanently into our consciousness. Extensively illustrated with a surprising range of images, the book demonstrates that what makes photography uniquely powerful is its ability to express the difficulty--physical, psychological, emotional, and aesthetic--of the act of seeing.

Routledge, 2010. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 8.40x5.50x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Routledge, 2010. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 8.40x5.50x0.50 inches.