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Photography Criticism

The Engine of Visualization

Thinking through Photography

by (author) Patrick Maynard

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2000
Category
Criticism, Criticism & Theory, Aesthetics
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780801486890
    Publish Date
    Oct 2000
    List Price
    $47.95

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Description

In the first philosophical book wholly about photography, Patrick Maynard dispels some basic, persistent confusions by treating photography as a technology?a way to enhance and filter human power. Once photography is understood as a kind of technology, Maynard argues, insights about technology may be applied to provide the general perspective on photography that has been missing.

About the author

Patrick Maynard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of The Engine of Visualization: Thinking through Photography, also from Cornell.

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Editorial Reviews

"Philosopher Patrick Maynard makes a provocative case for revising commonly held definitions of photography."

Technology and Culture

"The Engine of Visualization: Thinking Through Photography by Patrick Maynard makes an original contribution to the ongoing conversation about photography by calling attention to the unexpected forms into which the 'technology' of photography has been evolving."

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