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Another Way of Telling: A Possible Theory of Photography

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Another Way of Telling: A Possible Theory of Photography
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Berger
By (author) Jean Mohr
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 153
Category/GenrePhotography and photographs
ISBN/Barcode 9781408864456
ClassificationsDewey:770.1
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date 10 March 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A new edition of John Berger and Jean Mohr's classic investigation into the nature of photography and what makes it so different from other art forms 'One of the world's most influential art critics ... Berger sees clearly with fresh surprise yet profound understanding' Washington Times In one of the most eloquent accounts of photography ever devised, the writer John Berger and the photographer Jean Mohr set out to understand the fundamental nature of photography and how it makes its impact. Asking a range of questions - What is a photograph? What do photographs mean? How can they be used? - they give their answers in terms of a photograph as 'a meeting place where the interests of the photographer, the photographed, the viewer and those who are using the photography are often contradictory'. From these beginnings they develop a theory of photography that has at its centre the form's essential ambiguity, arguing that photography is totally unlike a film and has nothing to do with reportage. Rather, it constitutes 'another way of telling'. The unique combination of critic and photographer results in a work that moves beyond the landmarks established by Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag to establish a new theory of photography. This unique combination of words and pictures includes 230 photographs by Jean Mohr.

Author Biography

John Berger was born in London in 1926. His many books, innovative in form and far-reaching in their historical and political insight, include the Booker Prize-winning novel G, To the Wedding and King. Amongst his outstanding studies of art and photography are The Success and Failure of Picasso, About Looking and the internationally acclaimed Ways of Seeing. He lives and works in a small village in the French Alps, the setting for his trilogy Into Their Labours (Pig Earth, Once in Europa and Lilac and Flag). Jean Mohr was born in Geneva in 1925. A documentary photographer who has worked with many of the world's leading humanitarian organisations, he has collaborated with John Berger on a number of projects including A Fortunate Man and The Seventh Man.

Reviews

One of the world's most influential art critics ... Berger sees clearly with fresh surprise yet profound understanding * Washington Times * A wonderful artist and thinker * Susan Sontag * Polemical, meditative, radical, always original, Berger's essays are extremely wide-ranging * Geoff Dyer * One of the most influential intellectuals of our time * Sean O'Hagan *