
Snapshot Photography: The Lives of Images
By Catherine Zuromskis
Published in 2013 by MIT Press
Finished reading: April 17th, 2022
Rating: 4.0 / 5
Description:
Snapshots capture everyday occasions. Taken by amateur photographers with simple point-and-shoot cameras, snapshots often commemorate something that is private and personal; yet they also reflect widely held cultural conventions. The poses may be formulaic, but a photograph of loved ones can evoke a deep affective response. Scholars of art and culture tend to discount snapshot photography; it is too ubiquitous, too unremarkable, too personal. Zuromskis argues for its significance. Snapshot photographers, she contends, are not so much creating spontaneous records of their lives as they are participating in a prescriptive cultural ritual. A snapshot is not only a record of interpersonal intimacy but also a means of linking private symbols of domestic harmony to public ideas of social conformity.
- Pages: 319
- ISBN: 0262019299
- ISBN-13: 9780262019293
- Book info: Snapshot Photography at MIT Press
- Tags: criticism hardcover photography culture
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