Iconic syntax
Jacob A. Riis and the communication of The Other Half
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4442012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dag Petersson (0000-0002-7947-1272, Schools of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 335-354 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Photography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2040-3682 • E-ISSN: 2040-3690 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/pop.2.2.335_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2312718637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
In this article, the post-war institutional interpretation of Jacob A. Riis' photographs is measured against their nineteenth-century capacity for mass media communication. The conventions that today determine the proper meaning and origin of these celebrated photos first emerged with an exhibition held in 1947. The ensuing, and dominant, mode of interpretation is shown here to be fundamentally at odds with the conditions for image use in early mass media communication. This article examines the clash and argues for an alternative mode of interpretation that is capable of accounting for the distinct production of iconic meaning afforded by the media that Riis employed
Art · Art history · Epistemology · Exhibition · Linguistics · Mass media · Political science · Syntax · Visual arts · Computer Science · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |