New Metaphorics: Spirit and Symbol in Contemporary Landscape Photography

The author distinguishes between the descriptive and the
metaphoric modes in landscape photography, whereby the
metaphoric is defined as ""what powers we stand in relation to,
what is beyond the visible''. The emergence of the New
Topographics is described, with its critical interest in the
descriptive mode. A resurgence of interest in metaphoric
landscape photography is observed. Older photographers like
Caponigro, Uelsmann, Emmet Gowin are still producing work, while
a new generation is emerging: Marilyn Bridges, Paul Shepard,
Richard Misrach, Steven Foster. Special attention is paid to
American Women Photographers who depict the land in a personal
and metaphorical way.
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA


Citaten:
Jenkins, W.: New Topographics (1975)
Moyers, B./Campbell, J.: The Power of Myth (1988)
Enyeart, J.: Jerry N. Uelsmann (1982)
Garner, G.: Reclaiming Paradise (1987)
Shepard, P.: Nature and Madness (1982)
Misrach, R.: Desert Cantos (1987)
Caponigro, P.: Megaliths (1986)
Bridges, M.: Markings (1986)
Davis, K.: Marks in Place (1988)