{"product_id":"stop-reading-look-pepper-stetler-9780472119660","title":"Stop Reading! Look!: Modern Vision and the Weimar Photographic Book","description":"In the second half of the Weimar period (1918-33), photographers produced books consisting almost entirely of sequenced images. The subjects ranged widely: from plants and nature to the modern metropolis, from exotic cultures to the German \u003ci\u003eVolk\u003c\/i\u003e, from anonymous workers to historical figures. While many of the books were created by key practitioners and theorists of modern photography, scholars have rarely addressed the significance of the book format to modern conceptions of photographic meaning. The term \"photo-essay\" implies that these photographic books were equivalent to literary endeavors, created by replacing text with images, but such assumptions fail to explore the motivations of the books' makers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStop Reading  Look \u003c\/i\u003e argues that Weimar photographic books stood at the center of debates about photography's ability to provide uniquely visual forms of perception and cognition that exceed the capacity of the textual realm. Each chapter provides a sustained analysis of a photographic book, while also bringing the cultural, social, and political context of the Weimar Republic to bear on its relevance and meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pepper Stetler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472119664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472119660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\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 7.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Pepper Stetler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076053758207,"sku":"9780472119660","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af6726af-c29b-40fb-ac64-a04474898f39.jpg?v=1685462911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stop-reading-look-pepper-stetler-9780472119660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}