{"product_id":"what-photography-is","title":"What Photography Is","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhat Photography Is\u003c\/em\u003e, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner as he explored oil painting in his best-selling \u003cem\u003eWhat Painting Is\u003c\/em\u003e. In the course of an extended imaginary dialogue with Roland Barthes's \u003cem\u003eCamera Lucida\u003c\/em\u003e, Elkins argues that photography is also about meaninglessness--its apparently endless capacity to show us things that we do not want or need to see--and also about pain, because extremely powerful images can sear permanently into our consciousness. Extensively illustrated with a surprising range of images, the book demonstrates that what makes photography uniquely powerful is its ability to express the difficulty--physical, psychological, emotional, and aesthetic--of the act of seeing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256935764312,"sku":"9780415995689","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415995689.jpg?v=1779174060","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/what-photography-is","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}