Main entry:

Olin, Margaret Rose, 1948-

Title & Author:

Touching photographs / Margaret Olin.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Description:

xii, 273 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-262) and index.
Introduction: tactile looking -- "It is not going to be easy to look into their eyes": privilege of perception in Let us now praise famous men -- Roland Barthes's 'mistaken' identification -- "From one dark shore to the other" : the epiphany of the image in Hugo von Hofmannsthal and W.G. Sebald -- Putting down photographic roots in Harlem: James Van Der Zee -- Looking through their eyes: photographic empowerment -- Five stories of 9/11 -- Epilogue: Bad pictures.

Summary:

"Olin investigates the publication of photographs in mass media and literature, the hanging of exhibitions, the posting of photocopied photographs of lost loved ones in public spaces, and the intense photographic activity of tourists at their destinations. She moves from intimate relationships between viewers and photographs to interactions around larger communities, analyzing how photography affects the way people handle cataclysmic events like 9/11. Along the way, she shows us James VanDerZee's Harlem funeral portraits, dusts off Roland Barthes's family album, takes us into Walker Evans and James Agee's photo-text Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and logs onto online photo albums. With over one hundred illustrations, Touching Photographs is an insightful contribution to the theory of photography, visual studies, and art history."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

9780226626468 (pbk.)
0226626466 (pbk.)

Subject:

Barthes, Roland. Chambre claire.
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975.
Van Der Zee, James, 1886-1983.
Barthes, Roland, 1915-1980.
Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001.
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
Barthes, Roland (1915-1980). Chambre claire.
Evans, Walker, (1903-1975)
Van Der Zee, James, (1886-1983)
Chambre claire (Barthes, Roland)
Photographs Psychological aspects.
Photography Social aspects.
Photography in literature.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Photographie Aspect social.
Photographie dans la littérature.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis.
Fotografie
Kontakt
Psychologie
Gesellschaft
Photographie Dans la littérature.
11 septembre 2001, Attentats du (États-Unis)
Fotografi psykologiska aspekter.
Fotografi sociala aspekter.
Fotografi i litteraturen.
11 september-attackerna 2001 i konsten.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278293
Call No.: BIB 213858
Status: Available