The Photography Handbook: Edition 3
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New materials in this edition includes new chapters on ‘Photo-elicitation’ and ‘Photography and Technological Change’, exploration and analysis of ‘selfie’ culture, and extensive discussion of the work and practices by a new generation photographic artists.
The Photography Handbook, Third edition also features:
- exploration and discussion of key photographic terms, including composition, framing, visualisation, formalism and realism
- analysis of the ethics of photojournalism, and ethical issues specific to digital photography practice today
- case studies illustrating different photographic production practices and specific related issues, including an assignment for the Guardian, the Libyan People’s Bureau siege, and the work of war photographers
- a foregrounding of digital photographic practices, and exploration of areas including photographic manipulation, digital photojournalism, citizen journalists and copyright on the internet
- end of chapter summaries of key points, and an extensive glossary of essential photography terms.
The Photography Handbook, Third edition is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and practitioners of photography, and all those seeking to understand its place in today’s society.
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Terence Wright is Emeritus Professor at Ulster University, where he was Professor of Visual Arts and Course Director of the MFA Photography programme. He is a member of the International Editorial Board of the journal Visual Studies and a member of the advisory board of the World Congress of Anthropological Associations. Formerly he worked as a freelance photojournalist in Central London and has held visiting fellowships at the Centre for Research in Arts Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge and The Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas.
