The Critical Image : Essays on Contemporary PhotographyTools Squiers, Carol; Krauss, Rosalind; Ritchin, Fred; Vance, Carole S.; Solomon-Godeau, Abigail; Grundberg, Andy; Deutsche, Rosalyn; Kolbowski, Silvia; Metz, Christian; Burgin, Victor; Watney, Simon; Myers, Kathy; Pollock, Griselda; Lukitsch, Joanne. The Critical Image : Essays on Contemporary Photography. Seattle, WA: Bay Press, 1990.
Abstract (English)Defining photography as a process of signification, the authors address the production of photographic meaning through institutional, social and art historical discourses. Working from a variety of theoretical approaches, essays address photography in relation to censorship, criticism, surrealism, the media, the female gaze, fetishism and AIDS. Biographical notes on the authors. Circa 200 bibl. ref. Edit this item (login required): |