{"product_id":"the-city-as-photographic-text-david-william-foster-9780822946236","title":"The City as Photographic Text: Urban Documentary Photography of São Paulo","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe City as Photographic Text\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first comprehensive presentation of photography on São Paulo. But more than just a study of one city's photographic legacy, this book is a manual for how to understand and talk about Latin American photography in general. Focusing on major figures and referencing widely available books of their work, David William Foster offers a unique analysis of how photographers have contributed to our understanding of the megalopolis São Paulo has become. Eschewing a conventional historical approach, Foster explores how best to interpret visual urban life. In turn, by focusing interest on the photographic text and the ways in which it creates an interpretive meaning for the city, rather than rehearsing the circumstances under which the photographs were taken, this study provides a model for productive comment on urban photography as a project of visual meaning with important artistic attributes. As a unique entry in the inventory of scholarly writing on São Paulo, \u003ci\u003eThe City as Photographic Text\u003c\/i\u003e adds to our understanding of the enormous cultural significance this city holds as a world-class urban center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David William Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822946238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822946236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"David William Foster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46906606125311,"sku":"9780822946236","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d932be6-8a4d-4070-bfca-139a7b3b1680.jpg?v=1748770898","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-as-photographic-text-david-william-foster-9780822946236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}