After Photography by Fred Ritchin

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Original Title: After Photography

ISBN: 0393050246
ISBN13: 9780393050240
Autor: Fred Ritchin
Rating: 4.2 of 5 stars (3215) counts
Original Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
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Published: December 17th 2008 / by W. W. Norton & Company / (first published December 8th
2008)
Language: English
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Description:

A fascinating look at the perils and possibilities of photography in a digital age.

After Photography examines the myriad ways in which the digital revolution has fundamentally
altered the way we receive visual information, from photos of news events taken by ordinary
people on cell phones to the widespread use of image surveillance. In a world beset by critical
problems and ambiguous boundaries, Fred Ritchin argues that it is time to begin energetically
exploring the possibilities created by digital innovations and to use them to better understand our
rapidly changing world.
Ritchinone of our most influential commentators on photographyinvestigates the future of
visual media as the digital revolution transforms images into a hypertextual medium,
fundamentally changing the way we conceptualize the world. Simultaneously, the increased
manipulation of photographs makes photography suspect as reliable documentation, raising
questions about its role in recounting personal and public histories. In the tradition of John Berger
and Susan Sontag, Ritchin analyzes photography's failings and reveals untapped potentials for the
medium.
50 color illustrations

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La fotografia nasce come volont di catturare l'attimo, il momento e di fissarlo nell'eternit. Ma
cosa succede dopo la fotografia? Nei tempi di internet e dell'immediata circolazione delle
immagini... Cosa implica lo scatto politico, la foto messa in scena o quella ritoccata, nella nostra
mente? in grado una sola fotografia di cambiare la storia? O la percezione che noi abbiamo
delle cose?
Questo libro tenta non di rispondere a queste e ad altre migliaia di domande ma piuttosto di
svelarci le
La fotografia nasce come volont di catturare l'attimo, il momento e di fissarlo nell'eternit. Ma
cosa succede dopo la fotografia? Nei tempi di internet e dell'immediata circolazione delle
immagini... Cosa implica lo scatto politico, la foto messa in scena o quella ritoccata, nella nostra
mente? in grado una sola fotografia di cambiare la storia? O la percezione che noi abbiamo
delle cose?
Questo libro tenta non di rispondere a queste e ad altre migliaia di domande ma piuttosto di
svelarci le infinite possibilit delle immagini, che sono sempre pi soggette alla modifica e
all'incomprensione.
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