Photography Reader

The Photography Reader is a comprehensive introduction to theories of photography; its production; and its uses and effects. Including articles by photographers from Edward Weston to Jo Spence, as well as key thinkers like Roland Barthes, Victor Burgin and Susan Sontag, the essays trace the development of ideas about photography. Each themed section features an editor's introduction setting ideas and debates in their historical and theoretical context.Sections include: Reflections on Photography; Photographic Seeing; Coding and Rhetoric; Photography and the Postmodern; Photo-digital; Documentary and Photojournalism; The Photographic Gaze; Image and Identity; Institutions and Contexts.Includes essays by: Rudolf Arnheim, Jan Avgikos, David Bailey, Roland Barthes, Geoffrey Batchen, David Bate, Andre Bazin, Karin E. Becker, Walter Benjamin, John Berger, Ossip Brik, Victor Burgin, Jane Collins, Douglas Crimp, Herbert Damisch, Edmundo Desnoes, Steve Edwards, Abigail Soloman Godeau, Andy Grundberg, Stuart Hall, bell hooks, Angela Kelly, Sarah Kember, Annette Kuhn, Lucy Lippard, Martin Lister, Catherine Lutz, Roberta McGrath, Lev Manovich, Rosy Martin, Christian Metz, W. T. Mitchell, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Wright Morris, Marjorie Perloff, Martha Rosler, Allan Sekula, Abigail Solomon Godeau, Susan Sontag, Jo Spence, John Szarkowski, John Tagg, Liz Wells, Edward Weston and Peter Wollen.Wells, Liz is the author of 'Photography Reader' with ISBN 9780415246606 and ISBN 0415246601.