About the Book

In an accessible yet complex way, Rebekah Modrak and Bill Anthes explore photographic theory, history and technique to bring photographic education up to date with contemporary photographic practice. The book Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice is a broad and inclusive rethinking of photography that approaches the medium across time periods, across traditional themes, and through varied materials. The authors connect photography and photographic conventions to a history of ideas, involving biology, psychology, literature, etc. to expose a hybrid knowledge that is relevant for 21st century artists. Intended for beginning and advanced students, for art and non-art majors, and practicing artists, Reframing Photography compellingly represents four concerns common to all photographic practice:

• Vision
• Light & Shadow
• Reproductive Processes
• Editing, Presentation & Evaluation

Each Part encourages you to think more broadly and penetratingly about photography with an essay investigating photographic and culturally-relevant instances of the topic, for example, Reproduction. Essays introduce the work of artists who use a diverse range of subject matter and a variety of processes (straight photography, social documentary, digital, mixed media, conceptual work, etc.), examine artists' conceptual and technical choices, describe cultural implications and artistic influences, and analyze how these concerns interrelate. Following each essay, the Part continues with a "how-to" Tools, Materials, Processes section that describes a fascinating range of related photographic equipment, materials and methods through concise explanations and clear diagrams.