Contemporary Photography in France
Samenvatting
This compelling publication traces the broad arc of photography's development in France from the 1970s to the present day. A decade-by-decade account reveals unexpected points of convergence between practices that are not usually considered in a comparative perspective. These include photographic practices in contemporary art, documentary, photojournalism, and fashion. Author Olga Smith sets these practices in dialogue with French philosophy - the writings of Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, and Jacques Rancière - to produce an innovative study of the intersections between the photographic image, text, practice, and theory. This analysis is guided by an understanding of photography as deeply engaged with historical, cultural, and intellectual events that defined French national experience in the contemporary period. Landscape provides a particular focus to study issues of key significance, including national identification, colonial past, legacies of modernization and environmental breakdown.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. 1970s: Engagement and Subjectivity
Roland Barthes and the Science of Subjectivity
From The Family of Man to Families in France: Documentary and Professional Photography
Mythologies of the Self: Photography in Artistic Practices
Chapter 2. 1980s: Objectivity in a Dematerialized World
Jean Baudrillard: The Era of the Object
A Quest for Legitimacy as Art
Staged Photography and the Culture of Simulacra
“The Form Tableau”: Photograph as Object and Picture
Chapter 3. 1990s–2000s: The Future of The Photographic Image
Jacques Rancière: Photography as Milieu
Forms of Resistance and Participation
After Photography
Conclusion: The Landscapes of France
Landscape and the National Imaginary
The DATAR Photographic Mission: Picturing “le territoire des Français”
The Anthropogenic Landscape: The Environmental Perspective
A Sense of Belonging: Territory, Borders, Identity
Towards a Non-Nationalist History of Photography
Plates
Bibliography
Index