The Image Factory: Consumer Culture, Photography and the Visual Content Industry - Couverture souple

Frosh, Paul

 
9781859736425: The Image Factory: Consumer Culture, Photography and the Visual Content Industry
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ISBN 10 : 1859736424 ISBN 13 : 9781859736425
Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

Quietly but implacably, powerful transnational corporations are gaining power over our visual world. A 'global, visual content industry' increasingly controls images supplied to advertisers, marketers and designers, yet so far the process has, paradoxically, evaded the public eye. This book is the first to expose the interior workings of the visual content industry, which produces approximately 70% of the images that define consumer cultures. The corporate acquisition of major photographic and film archives, as well as the digital rights to much of the worlds fine art, is having a profound effect on what we see. From stock photography to new technologies, this book powerfully engages with the historical and cultural issues relating to visual culture and new media. How has stock photography, the system of renting out ready-made images, transformed the role of marketing and advertising? What impact are digital technologies having on the practices of industry professionals? How have software programs such as Photoshop enabled professionals to play God with photographs and how does this influence our belief in the integrity of images? Combining original research on stock photography with a new theoretical take on the circulation of images in contemporary culture, The Image Factory provides a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of industrialized commercial photography, its uses and abuses.

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À propos de l'auteur

Paul Frosh is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Journalism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Éditeur
Berg Publishers
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1859736424
ISBN 13 
9781859736425
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
248
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  1859736378 ISBN 13 :  9781859736371
Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2003
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