By carefully conceptualising the domestic in relation to the self and the photographic, this book offers a unique contribution to both photography theory and criticism, and life-narrative studies. Jane Simon brings together two critical practices into a new conversation, arguing that artists who harness domestic photography can advance a more expansive understanding of the autobiographical.
Exploring the idea that self-representation need not equate to self-portraiture or involve the human form, artists from around the globe are examined, including Rinko Kawauchi, Catherine Opie, Dayanita Singh, Moyra Davey, and Elina Brotherus, who maintain a personal gaze at domestic detail. By treating the representation of interiors, domestic objects, and the very practice of photographic seeing and framing as autobiographical gestures, this book reframes the relationship between interiors and exteriors, public and private, and insists on the importance of domestic interiors to understandings of the self and photography.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in photographic history and theory, art history, and visual studies.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Seen in a specific light, domestic interiors have always held a fascination for artists. At once both eerie and familiar the domestic scene challenges us with its quotidian ambiguities, its surprising juxtaposition of scale, and its eruptions and longueurs. Now, for the first time, we have a critical cartographer to guide us through these uncharted lands. And, wonderfully, we have in Jane Simon a writer as sensitive and insightful as the artists she writes about."
-- Ben Highmore, University of Sussex
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrationen
24 s/w Abbildungen, 20 farbige Abbildungen, 24 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 20 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder
20 Halftones, color; 24 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, color; 24 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 253 mm
Breite: 180 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-367-54340-2 (9780367543402)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Jane Simon is a senior lecturer in photography and film at Macquarie University, Australia.
Autor*in
Macquarie University, Australia.
1. Introduction: photography, domesticity, interiors 2. Domestic things: animating objects and the still life 3. Domestic time: diaries, habits, durations 4. Domestic selves: relationality and slow portraiture 5. Domestic display: proximity and the handheld Conclusion: Windows, doorways, footpaths
