Research Methods for Photography

Critical and Practical Approaches
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-367-20787-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Research Methods for Photography: Critical and Practical Approaches bridges theory and practice for anyone using photography as a research tool, offering accessible guidance for developing rigorous, theoretically informed visual research. Spanning subject matter from architectural ethnography to medical humanities, participatory visual research to eco-critical documentary, this book demonstrates how diverse theoretical frameworks and research methods enrich both creative practice and academic inquiry. Through detailed case studies, you’ll see how these approaches work in real-world contexts and learn about theories and methods, as well as how to find and develop your own method and methodology – whether you’re a practitioner, theorist, or working at the intersection of both.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drew, Liz

Parnell Johnson, Sukey

Sonzogni, Annalisa

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Theory and Key Critical Voices

Chapetr 2: Photography, Architecture and the Representation of Space

Chapter 3: Identity, Photography and Interdisciplinary Research Methods

Chapter 4: Eco-Critical Themes and Contexts for Photography

Chapter 5: Analogue Conservation, New Media Practices and
Digital Technologies

Chapter 6: Presenting Your Research – From Planning to Writing and Exhibiting

Chapter 7: Conclusion – Reflection, Development and Future Pathways

Über Autor(innen)

Liz Drew is a published writer and educator who has spent many years teaching cultural and art histories and English Literature. An award-winning course leader for research methods on BA and MA programmes at Birkbeck, University of London, she is now Course Director for BA (Hons) Literary Studies and Creative Writing at University of Suffolk at East Coast College, and an associate exam board examiner. Her PhD on British Documentary Photography and Eco-criticality emerged from an abiding fascination with aesthetics and the environment. Liz lives on the Suffolk coast, where shoreline walks and sea swimming feed her current project: historical fiction sparked by images glimpsed during the closing of an overlooked archive.

Sukey Parnell Johnson is a visual artist, actress, and Research Associate at the University of West London. She previously taught at King’s College, London. Specialising in the representation of age in photographic portraiture, she holds a PhD by practice in photography from the University of West London, Hagging the Image: Challenging the Role of Photographic Images in Contemporary Narratives of Ageing Femaleness in Anglo-American Culture (2018). Twice a finalist in the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize, two of her portraits are held in the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection.

Annalisa Sonzogni is a visual artist and Senior Lecturer in Critical and Historical Studies at Kingston University. She holds an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art, and a PhD from Kingston University, Reconfigurations of Interior Spaces: An Investigation Through Photography, Architecture and Site-Specific Installation (2015). Previous teaching includes as lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts. Her practice engages with photography, moving image, architecture, and site-specific installation. Her work has been published in C20 Magazine, Afterimage and Camera Austria.