Faces between fact and fiction: studies in photographic portraits in Norway

What is a photographic portrait? A moment in a life story or the essence of a life? A portrait of the sitter or a portrait of the photographer? Unmistakable truth or staged imposture? And when the portrait in full face is accompanied by a portrait in profile the subject we see in the picture is perh...

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Weitere Verfasser: Tin, Mikkel B. 1956- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oslo Novus Press 2019
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Zusammenfassung:What is a photographic portrait? A moment in a life story or the essence of a life? A portrait of the sitter or a portrait of the photographer? Unmistakable truth or staged imposture? And when the portrait in full face is accompanied by a portrait in profile the subject we see in the picture is perhaps more properly an object? A suspect object of public control or an interesting object of scientific research? Often portraits appear in series Are these still photographs of individuals or are they meant to visualize typical features? Features of a period a social group an exotic culture perhaps a race? Are such series descriptive or normative? Does the photographic medium contribute to the canonization of certain groups and stigmatization of others? The photographic portrait conveys presence as well as absence The photographic portrait compels us to ask whether we are still here in our bodies or perhaps rather there in our pictures Whatever the answer the split between me and my picture prompts a reflexivity which is distinctive of Modernity and that Modernity largely owes to photography In the present anthology taking their starting points in various examples of Norwegian photographic portraiture a number of scholars discuss the position of photographic portraits between fact and fiction: Trond Bjorli Marthe T Fjellestad Aliona Pazdniakova Marie Fongaard Seim Thale Sørlie Mikkel B Tin.
Beschreibung:231 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits
ISBN:9788283900231

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