| Description |
xii, 242 pages : illustrations |
| Summary |
Drawing on semiotics, on debates in cultural theory, and on the work of Foucault and Althusser, John Tagg rejects the idea of photography as a record of reality and the notion of a documentatry tradition, and traces a previously unexamined history that has profound implications not only for the history and theory of photography but also for understanding the role new means and modes of representation were to play in processes of modern social regulation |
| Notes |
Originally published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1988 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index |
| Subject |
Documentary photography.
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Photography -- Philosophy.
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Photography -- Social aspects -- History.
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| LC no. |
93018589 |
| ISBN |
0816624054 |
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