Take a photo of a barcode or cover
220 pages • first pub 1994 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780804729642
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Edition Pub Date: 01 May 1997
Description
This richly evocative study of photography has two major emphases, that the language of description (be it title, caption, or text) is deeply implicated in how a viewer looks at photographs, and that the use of a photograph determines its meaning.
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220 pages • first pub 1994 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780804729642
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Edition Pub Date: 01 May 1997
Description
This richly evocative study of photography has two major emphases, that the language of description (be it title, caption, or text) is deeply implicated in how a viewer looks at photographs, and that the use of a photograph determines its meaning.