"This publication is based on the proceedings of the Clark Symposium "The Meaning of Photography," held 19 November 2005 at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction. Photography's Double Index (A Short History in Three Parts) / Robin Kelsey and Blake Stimson -- Pt. 1. Beyond the Index -- Indexicality and the Concept of Medium Specificity / Mary Ann Doane -- Photography. Chance, and The Pencil of Nature / Robin Kelsey -- "A better example is a photograph": On the Exemplary Value of Photographs in C. S. Peirce's Reflection on Signs / Francois Brunet -- Moon Studies and Star Scratches / Sharon Harper -- Pt. 2. History of Photography at Issue -- Peter Henry Emerson: The Mechanics of Seeing / Douglas R. Nickel -- Camera Lucida: Another Little History of Photography / Geoffrey Batchen -- Hashem el Madani Project / Akram Zaatari -- Pt. 3. Photography as Totality -- Photograph Is Never Alone / Blake Stimson -- In the Valley of the Blind / John Tagg -- Two Double Negatives / Jose Luis Falconi -- topologies / Lilla LoCurto and Bill Outcault -- Pt. 4. Positions -- Overexposure: Thoughts on the Triumph of Photography / Anne McCauley -- On the Ruins of Photographic Culture: The Politics of Photographic Form Today / John Roberts -- Reading Photographs Iconographically or Ichnographically / Lars Kiel Bertelsen -- Molecular Documents: Photography in the Post-Photographic Era, or How Not to Be Trapped into False Dilemmas / Jorge Ribalta -- Focus and Cross: Thoughts on the Changing Face of Japanese Contemporary Photography / Eric C. Shiner -- Photography Is Over, If You Want It / Eric Rosenberg -- Photography as the Medium of Reflection / Bernd Stiegler -- Correction / Fiona Tan.
Summary:
In this volume, more than 20 leading scholars discuss the discipline, practice, historiography, and study of photography, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Louise Lawler, and reflect on the status of photography today.
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