Category: Sophistication (Mastery)
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Where photographers can get REAL critique
Where can photographers upload images and get genuine intellectually-informed critique that focuses on the deeper meaning of their work and draws on the key theories of photography, anthropology, sociology, and psychology, perhaps with current affairs insight too, rather than superficial ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ stuff that is effectively gamified? The short answer is that there is…
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A quick summary of the main theories of photography…
Ariella Azoulay (2008) shifted attention from the photographer to the social relation created by the photograph. In The Civil Contract of Photography, she argues that photographs involve photographed people, photographers, and viewers in a civic relation. Viewers therefore have duties, not just feelings, when faced with images of harm or injustice. Roland Barthes (1981) treated…
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