Photography and Cinema

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EXPOSURESis a series of books on photography designed to explore the rich history of the medium from thematic perspectives. Each ...

Photography and Cinema David Campany reaktion books ...

Published by Reaktion Books Ltd 33 Great Sutton Street Londonec1v0dx http://www.reaktionbooks.co.uk First published 2008 Copyrig ...

Contents Introduction 7 Stillness 22 Paper Cinema 60 Photography in Film 94 Art and the Film Still 119 Afterword 146 References ...

‘...everythingstartsinthemiddle...’ GrahamLee, 1967 ...

OpeningMovement On 11 June 1895 theFrenchCongressofPhotographicSocieties(Congrès dessociétésphotographiquesdeFrance)wasgatheredi ...

Whatmighttheyhavethoughtofwhattheysaw?WastheCinéma- tographesomethingfamiliarandagreeableorradicallydifferent?What effectwouldit ...

diversity,definitionsofphotographyhavetendedtorelyuponcompari- sonandcontrast.Painting,literature,sculpture,theatreandcinemahave ...

developmentofavant-gardefilm,atrendthatcontinuedforseveral decades.Moholy-Nagy,ManRay,FrancisBruguière,PaulStrandand CharlesShee ...

makingofopticalimpressionsoftheworld,bothrequiresubjectmatter. Infact,wemightsaythatphotographyandfilmarealmostmeaningless witho ...

becomesaparticularaccountofquitespecificsocialusesofthestilland themovingimage.Evenso,suchabinaryapproachremainsuseful,not least ...

themovietheatres,showingusallthearchitecturaldetailsweareordinarily encouragedtoforgetaswewatchafilm.Sugimotohasmadedozensof suc ...

fotoromanzi.Thesewerequicklyproducedphoto-storiesprintedascheap magazinesforpost-warmovieaudiences(seechapterTwo).Atonepoint wes ...

theideainLa Dolce Vita( 1960 ).Famously,thefilmdescribesthenewly emergingclassofphotographers(oneofwhomiscalledPaparazzo) whomad ...

man’takingshotsonsetisalowlyfunctionaryscuttlingthroughthelegs ofothers.Butinathirdimageacrowdofgiantstillscamerasdwarfsa hopefu ...

hasneverbeenentirelyclear-cut.Wallhimselfhas madecomplexstagedphotographsatthescaleof cinema(seechaptersTwoandFour),whileFiggisi ...

repliedthatinthefilm‘timecoursesthroughit’.Evenmainstreamcinema haswithinitsgrammarthelongtakeofimmobility(thinkoftheclassic est ...