The Spoken Image: Photography and Language - Couverture souple

Scott, Clive

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 186189032X ISBN 13 : 9781861890320

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 1999

Synopsis

Language has always been central to the meaning and exploitation of photographic images. However, the various types and "styles" of language associated with different photographic genres have been largely overlooked. This book considers the nature of photography, examining the language used in titles, captions and commentaries, particularly as they relate to documentary photography, photojournalism and fashion photography.

The Spoken Image addresses the question of how the photograph communicates its message, with or without the aid of language. The book looks at the work of film-makers such as Antonioni and Greenaway to contrast filmic methods of narration with those of photography. Scott concludes that photography has arrived at a level of communicative sophistication equal to that of modern textual narratives, in conjunction with which it often works.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Clive Scott is professor emeritus of European literature at the University of East Anglia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 186189032X
• ISBN 13: 9781861890320
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 356
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• Personne responsable: non disponible