Photography, A Critical Introduction

Photography: A Critical Introduction was the first introductory textbook to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political contexts, and is now established as one of the leading textbooks in its field. Written especially for students in higher education and for introductory college courses, this fully revised edition provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing. Key debates in photographic theory and history, Documentary photography and photojournalism, Personal and popular photography, Photography and the human body, Photography and commodity culture, Photography as art.