{"product_id":"on-photography-diarmuid-costello-9780415684705","title":"On Photography: A Philosophical Inquiry","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is photography? Is it a source of knowledge or an art? Many have said the former because it records the world automatically, others the latter because it expresses human subjectivity. Can photography be both or must we choose?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOn Photography: A Philosophical Inquiry, \u003c\/i\u003e Diarmuid Costello examines these fascinating questions and more, drawing on images by Alfred Stieglitz, Berenice Abbott, Paul Strand, Lee Friedlander, James Welling, and Wolfgang Tillmans, among others, and the writings of Elizabeth Eastlake, Peter Henry Emerson, Edward Weston, Siegfried Kracauer, André Bazin, and Stanley Cavell. This sets the scene for the contemporary stand-off between \"sceptical\" and \"non-sceptical\" Orthodoxy in the work of Roger Scruton and Kendall Walton, and a New Theory of Photography taking its cue from László Moholy-Nagy and Patrick Maynard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a clear and engaging style, \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of photography, aesthetics, art, and visual studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diarmuid Costello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415684706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415684705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Diarmuid Costello","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658869321983,"sku":"9780415684705","price":235.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-photography-diarmuid-costello-9780415684705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}