The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. but France's leading sociologist and cultural theorist Pierre Bourdieu and his research associates show that few cultural activities are more structural and systematic than photography. This perceptive and wide-ranging analysis of the practice of photography reveals the logic implicit in this cultural field. For some social groups, photography is primarily a means of preserving the present and reproducing moments of collective celebration, whereas for other groups it is the occasion of an aesthetic judgment in which photos are endowed with the dignity of works of art. Bourdieu and his associates examine the socially differentiated forms of photographic practice by drawing on the results of surveys and interviews and by analyzing the attitudes and characteristics of both amateur and professional photographers.
- ISBN:
- 9780804726894
- 9780804726894
-
Category:
- Photography & photographs
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
01-03-1996
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 232
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x14mm
- Weight:
- 0.35kg
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