Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as “a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.” It begins with the famous “In Plato’s Cave”essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with...(展开全部)

How do we see the world around us? "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere. They have the power to shoc...(展开全部)

Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as “a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.” It begins with the famous “In Plato’s Cave”essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with...(展开全部)

苏珊·桑塔格，1933年生于美国纽约，毕业于芝加哥大学。1993年当选为美国文学艺术学院院士。她是美国声名卓著的“新知识分子”，和西蒙娜·波伏瓦、汉娜·阿伦特并称为西方当代最重要的女知识分子，被誉为“美国公众的良心”。2000年获美国国家图书奖，2001年获耶路撒冷国际文学奖，2003年获德国书业和平奖。2004年12月28日病逝于纽约。

This personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book Barthes published--finds the author applying his influential perceptiveness and associative insight to the subject of photography. To this end, several black-and-white photos (by the likes of Avedon, Clifford, Hine, Mapplethorpe, Nadar, Van Der Zee, and so forth) are reprinted throughout the text.

This personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book Barthes published--finds the author applying his influential perceptiveness and associative insight to the subject of photography. To this end, several black-and-white photos (by the likes of Avedon, Clifford, Hine, Mapplethorpe, Nadar, Van Der Zee, and so forth) are reprinted throughout the text.

In this series, Aperture Foundation works with the world's top photographers to distill their creative approaches, teachings, and insights on photography--offering the workshop experience in a book. Its goal is to inspire photographers of all levels who wish to improve their work, as well as readers interested in deepening their understanding of the art of photography. Each vol...(展开全部)

吉姆·斯通(Jim Stone)，美国新圣西哥大学摄影专业教授，美国马萨诸塞艺术委员会及美国国家艺术基金会大奖获得者。作品曾被纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国国家艺术馆、汉堡工艺美术馆等多家艺术机构收藏。著有A User’s Guide tothe VieW Camera，DarkPoom Dynamlcs A Short Course in Photography，Photography及三本个人摄影集 Stranger ThanFiction，Historiostomy，Why My Pictures are Good.

An inclusive introduction to photography that elucidates the multiple, dynamic roles and character of this art form, both historically and today. Photography has a complex relationship to art. This volume uses an innovative framework to help readers appreciate photography as its own modern art form. In his unique and insightful approach, professor of photography David Bate pres...(展开全部)

Roland Barthes's 1980 book Camera Lucida is perhaps the most influential book ever published on photography. The terms studium and punctum, coined by Barthes for two different ways of responding to photographs, are part of the standard lexicon for discussions of photography; Barthes's understanding of photographic time and the relationship he forges between photography and deat...(展开全部)