Photography and Ontology: Unsettling Images

Book Overview

This edited collection explores the complex ways in which photography is used and interpreted: as a record of evidence, as a form of communication, as a means of social and political provocation, as a mode of surveillance, as a narrative of the self, and as an art form. What makes photographic images unsettling and how do the re-uses and interpretations of photographic images unsettle the self-evident reality of the visual field? Taking up these themes, this book examines the role of photography as a revelatory medium underscored by its complex association with history, memory, experience and identity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032338946
• ISBN13: 9781032338941
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.6"