A Companion to Photography
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 7155470
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISBN
- 9781405195843
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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B - Arts Practices, Meaning and Making
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- For A Companion to Photography, Bull commissioned 27 original essays, written specifically for the volume and representing a multiplicity of voices and viewpoints, which together broaden and advance the field of photography studies. Bull shaped the structure and content of the volume to bring new critical perspectives to bear on developments over the past two decades, such as the now intrinsic digital dissemination of photographic images and the shift from an art-based history to interdisciplinary approaches. As editor, he worked closely with the authors, including both new and established scholars and practitioners, to ensure the chapters interconnect to form dialogues and debates across the book, an overview of which is provided in the introduction. Structurally, the volume begins with a series of chapters on overarching themes, including global perspectives, indexicality, materiality, and the role of photographs in algorithms and databases. Subsequent chapters focus on interpretation, popular photography, documents and art. Each author developed these ideas in consultation with Bull to reflect upon and anticipate ongoing changes in photography and its studies. The book ends with a roundtable debate between writers, curators and photographers to underline the connections between histories, theories and practices. The resulting 250,000-word book represents a substantial volume of original photographic research and scholarship.
Bull’s own chapter examines how photographs are employed by fans to gain a form of celebrity. The chapter focuses on Andy Warhol as a case study, examining Warhol as a fan using photography. It proposes an alternative perspective on Warhol’s life and work as a fan, arguing that his approach established the use of photographs by fans to gain proximity to celebrities and instituted the form of celebrity that has become dominant in the photographic culture of the twenty-first century.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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