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Author McFadyen, Lesley

Title Archaeology and Photography : Time, Objectivity and Archive
Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION: FROM ARCHAEOGRAPHY TOPHOTOLOGY Lesley McFadyen and Dan Hicks; Notes; References; 2 THE TRANSFORMATION OF VISUAL ARCHAEOLOGY (PART ONE) Dan Hicks; I. Archaeography; II. Idiorrhythmy; III. Histories of looking; IV. Visualism; V. Photology; Notes; References; 3 'AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT': DURATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAPHY Mark Knight and Lesley McFadyen; Duration; Concrete duration; Clock time; Movement; Illuminated points; Moving zone; Long exposures; Taking time
ConclusionReferences; 4 EXPOSING ARCHAEOLOGY: TIME IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHS J.A. Baird; I. Introduction; II. Intended sequences; III. Unintended consequences; IV. Conclusions; References; 5 PARAFICTIONS: A POLAROID ARCHAEOLOGY Joana Alves-Ferreira; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 6 ARCHAEOLOGY, PHOTOGRAPHY AND POETICS Sérgio Gomes; References; 7 DURATION AND REPRESENTATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAPHY Antonia Thomas; Introduction; Archaeology and photography; The Brodgar Stone: before and after; Philosophy and time; Archaeology and representation; Photography and duration
ConclusionReferences; 8 PHOTOGRAPHING BUILDINGS James Dixon; Photographer 1: Architectural; Photographer 2: Aide- memoire; Photographer 3: Contractors; Photographer 4: Artists; References; 9 PHOTOGRAPHING GRAFFITI Alex Hale and Iain Anderson; References; 10 PHOTOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND VISUAL REPATRIATION Samuel Derbyshire; References; 11 THE AERIAL IMAGINATION Oscar Aldred; References; 12 THE TRANSFORMATION OF VISUAL ARCHAEOLOGY (PART TWO) Dan Hicks; VI. Homonymy; VII. Prefiguration; VIII. Unhistoricity; IX. Impermanence; X. Appearance; XI. Archaeology as if photography; Notes; References
Summary "This is the first volume to explore the place of photography in archaeology: the parallel histories of the two fields, their similarities and differences, and their current and future relationships. Since its earliest beginnings, photography has been innately archaeological. Its ability to freeze a moment of time gives photographic images an uncanny quality, whilst also allowing them to be a uniquely valuable recording tool. Photography has been a central element of archaeological method and practice since the late 19th century, and yet the apparent neutrality and passive objectivity of photographic images in the creation of archaeological knowledge is rarely interrogated. Meanwhile, archaeology's photographic character - the significance of the visual, of documentation, and of intervention in temporal process - remains even less explored. Digital technology has made photography both ubiquitous and ephemeral, questioning the status and authenticity of the image as material archive. Thus, despite their shared histories and present commonalities, these various intimate connections between archaeology and photography remain under-explored. This volume will mark a watershed in the emergence of a new generation of studies of archaeological photography, bringing together new studies of archaeological photography from leading researchers in the field, both of historical photographs in archives, and of contemporary practice. It explores the legacy of historical photography on contemporary archaeological fieldwork and image-making, and takes stock of what the vision for the future relationship between archaeology and photography might be, through seven key themes - time, materials, fieldwork, representation, documentation and the archive, and the profilmic"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Photography in archaeology.
Photography in archaeology
Genre/Form e-books.
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
Author Hicks, Dan
ISBN 1350029696
9781350029699
9781350029705
135002970X