Photography and archaeology / Frederick N. Bohrer.

By:

Bohrer, Frederick Nathaniel, 1956- [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Exposures (London, England)Publication details: London : Reaktion Books, 2011.Description: 184 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cmContent type:

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ISBN:

9781861898708

Subject(s):

Photography in archaeology -- History

DDC classification:

778.99301

Contents:

Introduction: The Image as Object -- 1. Science, or Truth -- 2. Travel, or Presence -- 3. Meaning, or the Archive -- 4. Art, or Reframing.

Summary: "Photographs preserve the past, while archaeology unearths what has been preserved. Put together, photography and archaeology bring the past into the present, making its image available for a wide audience. This book introduces some of history's most famous archaeological excavations, as well as lesser-known finds, from the Mediterranean, Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Americas, and the ways these sites have been represented in photographs, and discusses how developments in photography in the nineteenth century brought archaeology to the attention of the public. Uniting the histories of photography and archaeology, Photography and Archaeology explores how what we know about the history of archaeology has been related to the manner in which it has been photographically represented and circulated in scholarly papers, personal accounts, scientific archives, museum catalogues and other formats. It introduces archaeological images by photographers and archaeologists including Maxime Du Camp, Francis Frith, Felix Teynard, Ernst Herzfeld, Marilyn Bridges and Patrick Nagatani. While photography seems to guarantee documentary objectivity, Frederick Bohrer argues here that it also fundamentally alters the archaeological object, transforming it into a work of art."-- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	778.99301 BOH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010572		Vanderpool, Jeff

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Image as Object -- 1. Science, or Truth -- 2. Travel, or Presence -- 3. Meaning, or the Archive -- 4. Art, or Reframing.

"Photographs preserve the past, while archaeology unearths what has been preserved. Put together, photography and archaeology bring the past into the present, making its image available for a wide audience.
This book introduces some of history's most famous archaeological excavations, as well as lesser-known finds, from the Mediterranean, Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Americas, and the ways these sites have been represented in photographs, and discusses how developments in photography in the nineteenth century brought archaeology to the attention of the public.
Uniting the histories of photography and archaeology, Photography and Archaeology explores how what we know about the history of archaeology has been related to the manner in which it has been photographically represented and circulated in scholarly papers, personal accounts, scientific archives, museum catalogues and other formats. It introduces archaeological images by photographers and archaeologists including Maxime Du Camp, Francis Frith, Felix Teynard, Ernst Herzfeld, Marilyn Bridges and Patrick Nagatani. While photography seems to guarantee documentary objectivity, Frederick Bohrer argues here that it also fundamentally alters the archaeological object, transforming it into a work of art."-- Publisher's description.