The instant and its shadow: a story of photography
A compelling and innovative reflection on the way photography captures and condenses timeTwo photographs, connected by a ladder, separated by a century. First, William Henry Fox Talbot photographed a faithfully realistic image of a ladder against a haystack in the English countryside.One hundred yea...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A compelling and innovative reflection on the way photography captures and condenses timeTwo photographs, connected by a ladder, separated by a century. First, William Henry Fox Talbot photographed a faithfully realistic image of a ladder against a haystack in the English countryside.One hundred years later, an anonymous photographer captured another ladder, "photographed" alongside an incinerated man by the blinding light of the atomic bomb. These two images underpin a poetic and theoretical reflection on the origins of photographic technique, the imaginative power of montage, and the relation of photography to time itself in Jean-Christophe Bailly’s The Instant and Its Shadow, translated into English for the very first time.A rare find of intellectual caliber and theoretical rigor, The Instant and Its Shadow pursues a unique and powerful reflection on the first hundred years of photography’s history and on the essence of the photographic art in general. Inspired by the unexpected coming together of these two iconic images, the book begins by retracing Talbot’s invention of the photographic calotype in the early nineteenthcentury, highlighting the paradox that saw Talbot wishing to imitate the representative arts of painting and drawing while simultaneously liberating the image from any imitative paradigm. This analysis leads Bailly to elucidate photography’s relation to material and visual reality. A meditation on photography’s seeming ability to stop time follows, concluding with the photographs of Hiroshima and the photographic nature of the atomic bomb. Building on an inspired juxtaposition of The Haystack with the Hiroshima photographs, the book becomes a testament to the potency of photomontage, arguing that "the more singular an image, the greater its connective power." Bailly’s book is at once a lyrical homage to some of the founding texts of photographic theory and a startling reminder of the uncanny power of photography itself. Part theoretical reflection, part lyrical reverie, The Instant and Its Shadow is packed with profound and stellar insights about the medium |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 102 Seiten) Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780823287475 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9780823287475 |
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| spelling | Bailly, Jean-Christophe 1949- Verfasser (DE-588)119015889 aut The instant and its shadow a story of photography Jean-Christophe Bailly ; translated by Samuel E. Martin First edition New York, NY Fordham University Press [2020] © 2020 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 102 Seiten) Illustrationen txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier A compelling and innovative reflection on the way photography captures and condenses timeTwo photographs, connected by a ladder, separated by a century. First, William Henry Fox Talbot photographed a faithfully realistic image of a ladder against a haystack in the English countryside.One hundred years later, an anonymous photographer captured another ladder, "photographed" alongside an incinerated man by the blinding light of the atomic bomb. These two images underpin a poetic and theoretical reflection on the origins of photographic technique, the imaginative power of montage, and the relation of photography to time itself in Jean-Christophe Bailly’s The Instant and Its Shadow, translated into English for the very first time.A rare find of intellectual caliber and theoretical rigor, The Instant and Its Shadow pursues a unique and powerful reflection on the first hundred years of photography’s history and on the essence of the photographic art in general. Inspired by the unexpected coming together of these two iconic images, the book begins by retracing Talbot’s invention of the photographic calotype in the early nineteenthcentury, highlighting the paradox that saw Talbot wishing to imitate the representative arts of painting and drawing while simultaneously liberating the image from any imitative paradigm. This analysis leads Bailly to elucidate photography’s relation to material and visual reality. A meditation on photography’s seeming ability to stop time follows, concluding with the photographs of Hiroshima and the photographic nature of the atomic bomb. Building on an inspired juxtaposition of The Haystack with the Hiroshima photographs, the book becomes a testament to the potency of photomontage, arguing that "the more singular an image, the greater its connective power." Bailly’s book is at once a lyrical homage to some of the founding texts of photographic theory and a startling reminder of the uncanny power of photography itself. Part theoretical reflection, part lyrical reverie, The Instant and Its Shadow is packed with profound and stellar insights about the medium Hiroshima William Henry Fox Talbot haystack image instant ladder photography radiation shadow Photography / History bisacsh Photography Philosophy Fotografie (DE-588)4045895-7 gnd rswk-swf Fotografie (DE-588)4045895-7 s DE-604 Martin, Samuel E. 1924-2009 Sonstige (DE-588)1135800286 oth https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823287475 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
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| title | The instant and its shadow a story of photography |
| title_auth | The instant and its shadow a story of photography |
| title_exact_search | The instant and its shadow a story of photography |
| title_full | The instant and its shadow a story of photography Jean-Christophe Bailly ; translated by Samuel E. Martin |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The instant and its shadow a story of photography Jean-Christophe Bailly ; translated by Samuel E. Martin |
| title_short | The instant and its shadow |
| title_sort | the instant and its shadow a story of photography |
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| topic | Hiroshima William Henry Fox Talbot haystack image instant ladder photography radiation shadow Photography / History bisacsh Photography Philosophy Fotografie (DE-588)4045895-7 gnd |
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