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How to account for the peculiar attraction of certain photos? How to deal with the specific use of images in particular contexts? Monika Schwärzler presents a variety of photographic case studies exploring visual phenomena from the point of view of media analysis as well as from sociological, aesthetic, and psychoanalytic perspectives. The topics range from a new reading of Thomas Struth's street photographs to CERN photos with their charged rhetoric, from the assault of photographic close-ups to speculations on an anonymous slide collection featuring a woman with an ever-present white handbag. The book is intended for an audience receptive to the analytical appeal of images, prepared to go beyond what can be taken at face value.

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»Monika Schwärzler [hat] aus dem divergenten Material eine analytisch stringente und zugleich gut lesbare Anleitung dafür geschaffen, wie man die einem ersten ›müden‹ Blick vertraut erscheinenden Bilder neu sehen kann: Media Literacy auf hohem Niveau.« Michael Freund, Fotogeschichte, 143 (2017) Besprochen in: EIKON, 96 (2016)

Besprochen in: EIKON, 96 (2016)

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Monika Schwarzler (PhD) teaches in the Department of Media Communications at Webster Vienna Private University. Her research interests include art and media theory, history of photography, documentary film and photography.

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