Before-and-after Photography: Histories And Contexts
by Jordan Bear /
2017 / English / PDF
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The before-and-after trope in photography has long paired images
to represent change: whether affirmatively, as in the results of
makeovers, social reforms or medical interventions, or
negatively, in the destruction of the environment by the impacts
of war or natural disasters.
The before-and-after trope in photography has long paired images
to represent change: whether affirmatively, as in the results of
makeovers, social reforms or medical interventions, or
negatively, in the destruction of the environment by the impacts
of war or natural disasters.
This interdisciplinary, multi-authored volume examines the
central but almost unspoken position of before-and-after
photography found in a wide range of contexts from the 19th
century through to the present. Packed with case studies that
explore the conceptual implications of these images, the book's
rich language of evidence, documentation and persuasion present
both historical material and the work of practicing photographers
who have deployed – and challenged – the conventions of the
before-and-after pairing.
This interdisciplinary, multi-authored volume examines the
central but almost unspoken position of before-and-after
photography found in a wide range of contexts from the 19th
century through to the present. Packed with case studies that
explore the conceptual implications of these images, the book's
rich language of evidence, documentation and persuasion present
both historical material and the work of practicing photographers
who have deployed – and challenged – the conventions of the
before-and-after pairing.
Touching on issues including sexuality, race, environmental
change and criminality,
Touching on issues including sexuality, race, environmental
change and criminality,Before-and-After Photography
Before-and-After Photography
examines major topics of current debate in the critique of
photography in an accessible way to allow students and scholars
to explore the rich conceptual issues around photography's
relationship with time and imagination.
examines major topics of current debate in the critique of
photography in an accessible way to allow students and scholars
to explore the rich conceptual issues around photography's
relationship with time and imagination.
