Eine Sache der Ehre - eine Sache des Ruhmes A Matter of Honour - A Matter of Fame
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R072602 Ned. Fotomuseum Ned. fotomuseum
TitleEine Sache der Ehre - eine Sache des Ruhmes
A Matter of Honour - A Matter of Fame
Author
Edition[nummer] 30
[tijdschrift; titel] FOTOGESCHICHTE
[tijdschrift; pagina] 35-46
Iconographic keywords
Year of publication1988
Materialartikel
Document TypeArticle
SubjectCulturele studies en fotografie, Fortune, tijdschrift, USA, Geschiedenis van de fotografie, Geschiedenis van de fotografie: D (Duitsland), Beeld en Tekst, Industriefotografie, Politiek en fotografie, Propaganda met foto's, Time, tijdschrift, USA, USSR im Bau, tijdschrift, D (Duitsland), Theorie van de fotografie
Persons keyword Wien Fotografie und Politik, A
Abstract
The author discusses the use of (industrial) photography in
German propaganda publications of the 20s and 30s for the Soviet Union, especially regarding the 5-year plans in the magazine'USSR im Bau' and other booklets. A historical survey is givenof the development of industrial photography in the 19th century, especially the French genre of 'engineering
photography', which also contributed to the industrial
development outside Paris, since engineers could show their
works to major Paris-based clients in form of photographic
prints. There is a similarity between such magazines as the
American 'Fortune' (and later 'Time') and the Russian/German
'USSR im Bau', as both used industrial photography in order to
promote their national industry. The author's analysis of the
propagandistic use of industrial photographs is based on a
reading of Aristotle's ""Rhetorica'' - especially the rhetorics
of the Probable and the Real. Citing such authors as Barthes and Jean-Marie Floch, the author coins the term 'Referential
Illusion', to account for the 'illusion of reality' that photographs have for viewers. The author analyses the use of
captions and series of photographs as an enhancement of this 'referential illusion'. The article concludes with a discussion of this special effect of ""Glauben-Machen'' (to make believe). The author refers to her dissertation ""Glauben-Machen'', Wien, 1988. This article is the printed version of the author's presentation at the Symposium ""Fotografie und Politik'' (Photography and Politics), Österreichischen Fotoarchivs, Wien, April 1988.
Citaten:
Barthes, R.
Floch, J.-M.
German propaganda publications of the 20s and 30s for the Soviet Union, especially regarding the 5-year plans in the magazine'USSR im Bau' and other booklets. A historical survey is givenof the development of industrial photography in the 19th century, especially the French genre of 'engineering
photography', which also contributed to the industrial
development outside Paris, since engineers could show their
works to major Paris-based clients in form of photographic
prints. There is a similarity between such magazines as the
American 'Fortune' (and later 'Time') and the Russian/German
'USSR im Bau', as both used industrial photography in order to
promote their national industry. The author's analysis of the
propagandistic use of industrial photographs is based on a
reading of Aristotle's ""Rhetorica'' - especially the rhetorics
of the Probable and the Real. Citing such authors as Barthes and Jean-Marie Floch, the author coins the term 'Referential
Illusion', to account for the 'illusion of reality' that photographs have for viewers. The author analyses the use of
captions and series of photographs as an enhancement of this 'referential illusion'. The article concludes with a discussion of this special effect of ""Glauben-Machen'' (to make believe). The author refers to her dissertation ""Glauben-Machen'', Wien, 1988. This article is the printed version of the author's presentation at the Symposium ""Fotografie und Politik'' (Photography and Politics), Österreichischen Fotoarchivs, Wien, April 1988.
Citaten:
Barthes, R.
Floch, J.-M.
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