The documentary impulse /
Award-winning photographer Stuart Franklin's exploration of how we, as humans, are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. Stuart Franklin took one of the most powerful photographs of the twentieth century, the 'tank man' in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Phaidon Press, Inc.,
2016.
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| Summary: | Award-winning photographer Stuart Franklin's exploration of how we, as humans, are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. Stuart Franklin took one of the most powerful photographs of the twentieth century, the 'tank man' in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989. From his insightful position as a photographer, Franklin explores why we are driven to visually document our experiences and the world around us. He focuses on photography but traces this universal need through art, literature and science. Looking at photojournalism, war photography and work recording our culture, Franklin identifies some of its driving impulses, including curiosity, outrage, reform and ritual, the search for evidence, for beauty, for therapy and the immortalization of memory. As our understanding of 'documentary' continues to expand, Franklin considers photographic staging, where, perhaps, the future of the genre may lie in search of truth over fact. |
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| Physical Description: | 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0714870676 9780714870670 |