Philosophy
In Our Own Image: The Coming Revolution in Photography
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Fred Ritchin’s In Our Own Image is a comprehensive account of computer technology’s impact on what we see and, ultimately, what we believe about the world. Both a history of photojournalism and a primer of computer technology, In Our Own Image is a philosophy of vision and reality for the twenty-first century. Extensively revised and updated, In Our Own Image is sure to remain a staple of one of the most important debates for many years to come.
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In Our Own Image: The Coming Revolution in Photography
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Photography and Philosophy: Essays on the Pencil of Nature
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This anthology offers a fresh approach to the philosophical aspects of photography. The essays, written by contemporary philosophers in a thorough and engaging manner, explore the far-reaching ethical dimensions of photography as it is used today.
A first-of-its-kind anthology exploring the link between the art of photography and the theoretical questions it raises
Written in a thorough and engaging manner
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Photography and Philosophy: Essays on the Pencil of Nature
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Towards a Philosophy of Photography
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Media philosopher Vilém Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, science and politics provided him with new ways of understanding both the cultural crises of the past and the new social forms nascent within them. Flusser showed how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into the two-dimensionality of magic) and of industrial into post-industria… More >>
Towards a Philosophy of Photography
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