Bibliograph

Exposed, voyeurism, surveillance, and the camera since 1870, edited by Sandra S. Phillips ; essays by Simon Baker [and others]

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Exposed, voyeurism, surveillance, and the camera since 1870, edited by Sandra S. Phillips ; essays by Simon Baker [and others]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Exposed

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

449854996

Responsibility statement

edited by Sandra S. Phillips ; essays by Simon Baker [and others]

Sub title

voyeurism, surveillance, and the camera since 1870

Summary

Since the rise of the photographic medium in the late 19th century, people have been fascinated by the camera’s ability to record striking moments both public and private. From Mathew Brady’s haunting images of the Civil War to the present day paparazzi’s brand of voyeurism-for-hire, photography has long served to capture not only the posed portrait but also the personal, the intimate, the unexpected, and the taboo. This fascinating book examines the ways in which acts of voyeurism and surveillance have inspired, challenged, and expanded the medium of photography throughout its evolution.Featuring photography by Sophie Calle, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Harun Farocki, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, Andy Warhol, and Weegee, among others, Exposed chronicles the artistic, political, and even moral dilemmas that underlie some of these artists’ best known works. Through insightful essays and commentary by Sandra Phillips, one of the foremost authorities on the history of 20th-century photography, Exposed examines some of the most invasive and unsettling aspects of photography, including the use of the hidden camera, the production of erotic pictures and pornography, and the intersection of photography with both celebrity and violence

Table Of Contents

Looking out, looking in : voyeurism and its affinities from the beginning of photography / Sandra S. Phillips -- Plates / essays by Sandra S. Phillips -- The unseen photographer -- Voyeurism and desire -- Celebrity and the public gaze -- Witnessing violence -- Surveillance -- Up periscope! Photography and the surreptitious image / Simon Baker -- A window on the world : street photography and the theater of life / Philip Brookman -- Original sin : the birth of the paparazzo / Carol Squiers -- Dare to be famous : self-exploitation and the camera / Richard B. Woodward -- From observation to surveillance / Marta Gili

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