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[Book Review] "Photo theory" Stimulating argument that emerges the history and future of photos

"Photo theory ── Distance / Others / History", Chihiro Minato

【書評】『写真論』写真の歴史と未来を浮かび上がらせる刺激的論考

[Book Review] "Photo theory ── Distance / Others / History" / Chihiro Minato / Author / Chuko Selection Book / 2090 yen

　The birth of the photo was in the 1820s in a small village in France.He succeeded in recording a statue using a dark box and lens on a metal board, and offered to jointly develop with Jack Dager, but due to the sudden death, Dagre was recognized as the inventor in the photo.。Nietepus gained the principle of photography in 1822 years, and this year is "Photography" (written in light), that is, 20 years after the invention of photography.In the second century, the photos grew and transformed while repeating experiments.Camera smaller, from film to digital.In addition, there are "images" with smartphones and a large surveillance camera installed on the street corner.In this book, the photos are mainly reconstructed in the relationship with society, and what role they played in human consciousness and memory, not only in photography, but also in cultural anthropology, sociology, and literature.An exciting discussion that crosses the area of.The global infection of the new colon virus has been exchanged for the word "social distance."The author pointed out that "the photo has a mysterious power to abolish the distance, assuming a distance," and introduced observations and theory that focused on the "distance" of the space in cultural anthropology.Humans, depending on whether they have a close relationship or not, the more personal relationships are left.However, photographers are also "strangers" (stranger), which are not based on such human relationships, and pay attention to the works of Robert Frank and Hiroo Onikai, who have a bird's -eye view and objectivity of strangers.The themes that spread vertically and horizontally, such as the American black photographer Gordon Parks, the Irish photo collection taken from the end of the ninth century to the beginning of the 20th century, and the themes that spread vertically and horizontally as interactions with society, its history and future.I will emerge.* Weekly post 2022 February 18th and 25,

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