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Picture perfect : life in the age of the photo op
We say the camera doesn't lie, but we also know that pictures distort and deceive. In Picture Perfect, Kiku Adatto brilliantly examines the use and abuse of images today. Ranging from family albums to Facebook, political campaigns to popular movies, images of war to pictures of protest. Adatto...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton
: Princeton University Press
, 2010
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| Edition: | New ed |
| Online Access: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7sjs0 |
| Related Items: | Print version:
Picture perfect |
| Author Notes: | Kiku Adatto |
| E-Book Packages: | JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography |
| Summary: | We say the camera doesn't lie, but we also know that pictures distort and deceive. In Picture Perfect, Kiku Adatto brilliantly examines the use and abuse of images today. Ranging from family albums to Facebook, political campaigns to popular movies, images of war to pictures of protest. Adatto reveals how the line between the person and the pose, the real and the fake, news and entertainment is increasingly blurred. New technologies make it easier than ever to capture, manipulate, and spread images. But even in the age of the Internet, we still seek authentic pictures and believe in the camera We say the camera doesn't lie, but we also know that pictures distort and deceive. In Picture Perfect, Kiku Adatto brilliantly examines the use and abuse of images today. Ranging from family albums to Facebook, political campaigns to popular movies, images of war to pictures of protest. Adatto reveals how the line between the person and the pose, the real and the fake, news and entertainment is increasingly blurred. New technologies make it easier than ever to capture, manipulate, and spread images. But even in the age of the Internet, we still seek authentic pictures and believe in the camera |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 290 pages) Electronic reproduction |
| Document Type: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 9780691124407 1400824559 0691124396 069112440X 9780691124391 9781400824557 |
