Aesthetics and Photography

Photographic art is a comprehensive and distinctively philosophical exploration of the aesthetic significance of photography, identifying its distinctive aesthetic qualities and exploring their nature and value. It complements reflection on the nature of aesthetic theory, its role in the history of theorizing about photography, and its relation to other interpretative and critical approaches to explaining photographic art. Illustrated throughout with photographic examples, it offers an introduction and deeper exploration of the field for those interested in film, photographic art, aesthetics, and art theory.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 January 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This title, originally published in 2002, delves into the profound significance of photography in our lives. It explores the distinctive qualities that elevate photographic art beyond other forms of photography and examines the nature and value of these qualities. The book delves into the philosophical exploration of the aesthetic significance of photography, examining its nature and value. It also reflects on the role of aesthetic theory in the history of theorizing about photography and its relationship to other interpretative and critical approaches. Through a comprehensive and distinctively philosophical exploration, the book offers a rounded defence of a distinctively philosophical aesthetics of photography and an original aesthetic theory of photographic art. Illustrated with photographic examples, the book provides an introduction and deeper exploration of the field for those interested in film, photographic art, aesthetics, and art theory.

ISBN-13: 9781138718722