Working Pictures

Photography and Sociology
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-41696-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Social Visualities

This book explores professional photographic practice, beginning with an analysis of the writings of Becker and Bourdieu on photography and Goffman's work on visual gestures and commercial images. It then presents three case studies on a Swedish audio-visual media cluster, African wildlife photography, and Sami photographers, before examining the digital transformation of photography. Drawing on social network theory and the sociology of technology, this volume considers photographs as both images and artefacts, as well as epistemic objects that can function as data and evidence. It argues that photographs also operate as relational objects, bringing people together in a variety of social roles and network constellations.
This book will be of interest to researchers and students in cultural sociology, media studies, cultural management, advertising studies, design studies, visual communication, and related fields with an interest in photography.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sverrisson, Árni

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: A Relational Sociology of Photography.- Chapter 2: Erving Goffman: Displays and Transformations.- Chapter 3: Pierre Bourdieu: Photography as a Middling Art.- Chapter 4: Howard Becker: Context and Conventions.- Chapter 5:Local Networks: An Audiovisual Media Cluster.- Chapter 6. Global Nature: African Wildlife Photography.- Chapter 7: From Glass Plates to Digital Film: Sami Stories.- Chapter 8: Digital Camera Work: Craft and Collectives.- Chapter 9: Competitive Strategies: Style, Craft, Techniques.- Chapter 10: Discussion Networks and Digital Cameras.- Chapter 11: Social Knowledge Shared in Photographs.- Chapter 12: Photographic Evidence in Sociology.- Chapter 13:Theorizing Professional Practice in Photography.- Chapter 14: A(I) Future for Photography?.

Über Autor(innen)

Árni Sverrisson is Professor of Sociology (Emeritus) at Stockholm University, Sweden. After starting the Nordic Network for Visual Studies, he served as Professor of Visual Culture and Research Director of the Audio-Visual Studies research programme at the School of Media Production, Dalarna University, Sweden.