Photography

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Humm, M. 2006. Photography. in: Bradshaw, D. and Dettmar, K. (ed.) A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture Wiley Blackwell. pp. 278-283
AuthorsHumm, M.
EditorsBradshaw, D. and Dettmar, K.
Abstract

In this chapter, Professor Humm analyses the main features of modernist photography and selected theories about photography. The chapter gives a historical overview, from 1900 to the 1980s, of American, European and Japanese modernist photography.

Keywordsphotography; modernism; Walter Benjamin; Edward Weston; Walker Evans; Andre Kertesz; Man Ray; Imogene Cunningham; Margaret Bourke-White; Kozo Nojima
Book titleA Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture
Page range278-283
Year2006
PublisherWiley Blackwell
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Print2006
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Deposited30 Oct 2009
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10552/363
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Humm, M. (2006) ‘Photography’ published in Bradshaw, D and Dettmar, K (eds.) A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture, Blackwell 2006 pp 278-283.

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