Description
Book SynopsisWith a focus on the settler societies of the United States and Australia,
Photography and Landscape is a new critical account of landscape photography created through a unique collaboration between a photography writer and a landscape photographer. Beginning with the frontier days of the American West, the subsequent century-long popularity of landscape photography is exemplified by images from Carleton Watkins to Ansel Adams, the New Topographics to Richard Misrach, all of whose works are considered here. Along with discussions of other contemporary photographers, this extensively illustrated volume demonstrates the influence of settler societies on landscape photography, in which skilled photographers captured the fascination with and the appeal of the land and its expanse. The latest installment in Intellect’s Critical Photography series,
Photography and Landscape is a visually striking introduction to one of the most important modes of photography.
Table of ContentsPreface
PART I
The Background and Context of Landscape Photography – ROD GIBLETT
The Birth of Photography
The Camera
Landscape
The Sublime
PART II
The Established Tradition of Landscape Photography – ROD GIBLETT
American Landscape and Wilderness Photography
Australian Landscape Photography
Australian Wilderness Photography
PART III
Contemporary Photographic Practice in Landscape – JUHA TOLONEN
New Topographics: Withholding Judgement
Richard Woldendorp’s Badlands
Wastelands
PART IV
Challenges to the Established Tradition – ROD GIBLETT
Nuclear Landscapes
Minescapes and Disaster Zones
Photography for Environmental Sustainability
Conclusion
