Seven theses on photography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4480741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Pinney (0000-0002-6783-9009, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 141-156 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513612457864 |
| OpenAlex | W2085587412 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 11 |
Benjamin and Barthes provide the starting point for a series of inter-connected propositions which seek to return the theorization of photography to the primacy of the pro-filmic. The index is reclaimed as a trace of the photographic event, capable only of delivering what Barthes termed the corps. The resulting contingency and exorbitance are the basis of photography's prophetic and 'troubling' potential which free us from viewing photography as simply a screen for the social. The argument is advanced largely using material from India and a case is made for a new conception of 'world system photography' which folds 'belated' histories into the 'global
Aesthetics · Art · Contingency · Epistemology · Photography · Sociology · Visual arts · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Philosophy · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |