{"product_id":"inadvertent-images-peter-geimer-9780226471877","title":"Inadvertent Images: A History of Photographic Apparitions","description":"As an artistic medium, photography is uniquely subject to accidents, or disruptions, that can occur in the making of an artwork. Though rarely considered seriously, those accidents can offer fascinating insights about the nature of the medium and how it works. With \u003ci\u003eInadvertent Images\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Geimer explores all kinds of photographic irritation from throughout the history of the medium, as well as accidental images that occur through photo-like means, such as the image of Christ on the Shroud of Turin, brought into high resolution through photography. Geimer's investigations complement the history of photographic images by cataloging a corresponding history of their symptoms, their precarious visibility, and the disruptions threatened by image noise. Interwoven with the familiar history of photography is a secret history of photographic artifacts, spots, and hazes that historians have typically dismissed as \"spurious phenomena,\" \"parasites,\" or \"enemies of the photographer.\" With such photographs, it is virtually impossible to tell where a \"picture\" has been disrupted--where the representation ends and the image noise begins. We must, Geimer argues, seek to keep both in sight: the technical making \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e the necessary unpredictability of what is made, the intentional \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e the accidental aspects, representation \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e its potential disruption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Geimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022647187X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226471877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018","brand":"Peter Geimer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086412493055,"sku":"9780226471877","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_966cfa6d-9130-40ea-8e19-ec4255419475.jpg?v=1769094527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inadvertent-images-peter-geimer-9780226471877","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}