Spoken Image
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a zed two noughts
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antonioni
art
Author_Clive Scott
captions
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Category=JBCT
commentary
communication
documentary
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fashion photography
film
genre
greenaway
history
image
jean mohr
john berger
journalism
language
linguistics
magazine
meaning
narration
news
nonfiction
photo-story
photojournalism
press
still
storytelling
time lapse
titles
visual culture
Product details
- ISBN 9781861890320
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 1999
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Language has always been central to the meaning and exploitation of photographic images. However, the various types and ‘styles’ of language associated with different photographic genres have been largely overlooked. This book considers the nature of photography, examining the language used in titles, captions and commentaries, particularly as they relate to documentary photography, photojournalism and fashion photography.
The Spoken Image addresses the question of how the photograph communicates its message, with or without the aid of language. The book looks at the work of film-makers such as Antonioni and Greenaway to contrast filmic methods of narration with those of photography. Scott concludes that photography has arrived at a level of communicative sophistication equal to that of modern textual narratives, in conjunction with which it often works.
Clive Scott is Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia and has published several books on French poetry, including The Poetics of French Poetry (1998).
