The “other” is a topic of great interest within and across contemporary photographic practice and theory, yet it remains neglected outside the now well-established field of postcolonial studies. This volume brings together photography and written essays that relate to aspects of otherness and visual work. Presented together, the images and critical writings work in concert to construct a new social perspective on questions of otherness and alterity and to highlight photography as a form of critical practice.
In a departure from existing conceptions of otherness in postcolonial discourse, Photography as Critical Practice places emphasis on the human condition not as a liberal concept, but as something formed and framed by a broader dimension of social, sexual, and cultural otherness. In this way, the book provides a fascinating new vista on the otherness of photography.
In a departure from existing conceptions of otherness in postcolonial discourse, Photography as Critical Practice places emphasis on the human condition not as a liberal concept, but as something formed and framed by a broader dimension of social, sexual, and cultural otherness. In this way, the book provides a fascinating new vista on the otherness of photography.
300 pages | 123 halftones | 8 1/4 x 10 2/5 | © 2020
Table of Contents
Introduction
Critical Practice
PART 1: SPATIAL STORIES
Perfect Harmony
Discovery (1998)
Photography as Colonial Vision
Train up a Child
European Letters
Strangers
Baroque Space and Boredom
Politics of Friendship (1998)
The Digital Age
Zero Culture (2000)
Interview: Elina Ruka - Art Without Coincidences
PART 2: OTHER SPACES
Places of Memories, Places to Change, Katrin Kivimaa
Zone
The Other Side of Seeing
Syntax of a Photowork
Beauty of the Horrid
Notes on Beauty and Landscape
De-Realization (2005)
Space of the Other (2006)
Parveen Adams - The Broken Image
Bungled Memories
AFTERWORD
The Uncanny Observed, Liz Wells
Critical Practice
PART 1: SPATIAL STORIES
Perfect Harmony
Discovery (1998)
Photography as Colonial Vision
Train up a Child
European Letters
Strangers
Baroque Space and Boredom
Politics of Friendship (1998)
The Digital Age
Zero Culture (2000)
Interview: Elina Ruka - Art Without Coincidences
PART 2: OTHER SPACES
Places of Memories, Places to Change, Katrin Kivimaa
Zone
The Other Side of Seeing
Syntax of a Photowork
Beauty of the Horrid
Notes on Beauty and Landscape
De-Realization (2005)
Space of the Other (2006)
Parveen Adams - The Broken Image
Bungled Memories
AFTERWORD
The Uncanny Observed, Liz Wells