Defiant images : photography and apartheid South Africa
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R016026 Ned. Fotomuseum RSA ANTH NEWBURY.D 2009
TitleDefiant images : photography and apartheid South Africa
Author
Photographer
Place of publicationUnisa
PublisherUnisa Press
Year of publication2009
Paginationxxiii, 345 p.
Illustrationsb&w
Dimensions25 x 20 cm.
MaterialAnthologie
Document TypeBook
ISBN9781868885237
External document
http://fotomuseum.adlibhosting.com/texts/016026_Darren_Newbury_2009_Defiant_Images.pdf
Bibliographic Notesbibliogr.: p. 323-331 - Index.
SubjectApartheid en fotografie, Representatie en fotografie, Fotojournalistiek: RSA (Zuid-Afrika), Politiek en fotografie: RSA (Zuid-Afrika), beeldvorming
Geographical keywordZuid-Afrika
Abstract
We cite from the COVER :
"Photography is often believed to 'witness' history or 'reflect' society, but such perspectives fail to account for the complex ways in which photographs get made and seen, and the variety of motivations and social and political factors that shape the vision of the world that photographs provide. This book develops a critical historical method for engaging with photographs of South Africa during the apartheid period. The author looks closely at the photographs in their original contexts and their relationship to the politics of the time, listens to the voices of the photographers to try and understand how they viewed the work they were doing, and examines the place of photography in a post-apartheid era."
"Based on interviews with photographers, editors and curators, and through the analysis of photographs held in collections and displayed in museums, this research addresses the significance of photography in South Africa during the second half of the twentieth century."
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"Photography is often believed to 'witness' history or 'reflect' society, but such perspectives fail to account for the complex ways in which photographs get made and seen, and the variety of motivations and social and political factors that shape the vision of the world that photographs provide. This book develops a critical historical method for engaging with photographs of South Africa during the apartheid period. The author looks closely at the photographs in their original contexts and their relationship to the politics of the time, listens to the voices of the photographers to try and understand how they viewed the work they were doing, and examines the place of photography in a post-apartheid era."
"Based on interviews with photographers, editors and curators, and through the analysis of photographs held in collections and displayed in museums, this research addresses the significance of photography in South Africa during the second half of the twentieth century."
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Facsimile of Table of Contents please click URL.
| Copy number | R016026 |
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| Shelf mark | RSA ANTH NEWBURY.D 2009 |