Spectacular status of photography in the history of photography and culture Cover Image

Spektakularne miejsce zdjęć w historii fotografii i kultury
Spectacular status of photography in the history of photography and culture

Author(s): Zbigniew Tomaszczuk
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Iconic photography; symbolic photographs; photography in media; decisive moment; ikonicznośĆ fotografii; fotografie symboliczne; fotografia w mediach; decydujący moment

Summary/Abstract: Zbigniew TomaszczukSpectacular status of photography in the history of photography and cultureTomaszczuk analyzes selected examples of photographs that for variousreasons have acquired icon status. He considered the iconography of thephotographs in the context of symbolism of photographs as well as inthe context of the events shown in those photographs. Spectacularnessrefers here not so much to the spectacleiness of images themselves, butrather to the impression that these photographs may produce and, consequently,affect public opinion.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 2 (23)
  • Page Range: 158-170
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English, Polish