Working Pictures
Photography and Sociology
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Beschreibung
This book explores professional photographic practice, beginning with an analysis of the writings of Becker and Bourdieu on photography and Goffman's work on visual gestures and commercial images. It then presents three case studies on a Swedish audio-visual media cluster, African wildlife photography, and Sami photographers, before examining the digital transformation of photography. Drawing on social network theory and the sociology of technology, this volume considers photographs as both images and artefacts, as well as epistemic objects that can function as data and evidence. It argues that photographs also operate as relational objects, bringing people together in a variety of social roles and network constellations.
This book will be of interest to researchers and students in cultural sociology, media studies, cultural management, advertising studies, design studies, visual communication, and related fields with an interest in photography.
Árni Sverrisson is Professor of Sociology (Emeritus) at Stockholm University, Sweden. After starting the Nordic Network for Visual Studies, he served as Professor of Visual Culture and Research Director of the Audio-Visual Studies research programme at the School of Media Production, Dalarna University, Sweden.
This book explores professional photographic practice, beginning with an analysis of the writings of Becker and Bourdieu on photography and Goffman's work on visual gestures and commercial images. It then presents three case studies on a Swedish audio-visual media cluster, African wildlife photography, and Sami photographers, before examining the digital transformation of photography. Drawing on social network theory and the sociology of technology, this volume considers photographs as both images and artefacts, as well as epistemic objects that can function as data and evidence. It argues that photographs also operate as relational objects, bringing people together in a variety of social roles and network constellations.
This book will be of interest to researchers and students in cultural sociology, media studies, cultural management, advertising studies, design studies, visual communication, and related fields with an interest in photography.
Contributes a sociological perspective with an emphasis on photography to the literature on visual studies Includes reviews, cases, theories and evidence to explore the social roles and collaborative production of photographs Combines social worlds and networks with epistemology, visual culture, technology, organisations and economic sociology
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Árni Sverrisson
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Visual Sociology Visual work Creative industries Professional photography Digital Photography Visual Studies