Photography

The keyword Photography is tagged in the following 4 articles.

Day of Destruction, Decade of War: How Photographs Justified the War on Terror

May 1, 2012 - 1760 words | Communication Studies » September 11

For many Americans, the date September 11, 2001 carries more weight than any other date in our nation’s history. It marks the beginning of a rapid sea change in American politics, and the start of a series of wars in foreign countries that we are still embroiled... Read Article »

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September 11 Photography War on Terror Iraq Afghanistan

Appropriation in Contemporary Art

June 22, 2011 - 2658 words | Art » Contemporary Art

Appropriation refers to the act of borrowing or reusing existing elements within a new work. Post-modern appropriation artists, including Barbara Kruger, are keen to deny the notion of ‘originality’.[2] They believe that in borrowing existing imagery or... Read Article »

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Contemporary Art Picasso Appropriation Duchamp Roland Barthes Sherri Irvin Photography

Obese, Female, & Nude: Epistemological Satire or Sociological Critique?

November 3, 2010 - 1601 words | Sociology » Women's Studies

Historically, female models in photographic art have depicted an ideological construction of the female body which women, regardless of stature, ethnicity or class, must conform to. John Berger (1972, p. 46) notes that ‘to be born a woman has been to be born&... Read Article »

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Leonard Nimoy Photography Female Models Contemporary Women Women's Studies

Making Contact: The Photographer's Interface with the World

November 18, 2009 - 6738 words | Art » Photography

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a key twentieth-century cultural theorist, has been influential in various fields, including art and literary criticism. He wrote “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” in 1935 to examine revolutionary changes... Read Article »

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Digital Vs Film Digital Photography New Photography Photography Walter Benjamin Technology Digital Age Making Contact How Digital Photography Changed Photography