Photography/Politics: One

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A seminal work of history and theory.
Duncan Forbes, Head of Photography, V&A Museum

We need this book now even more than before.
Laura Wexler, Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University

A landmark collection - required reading.
Patrizia Di Bello, Professor of History and Theory of Photography, Birkbeck, University of London. Editor-in-chief, History of Photography. 

Published over 40 years ago, Photography/Politics: One has been long sought-after and long out of print. This new edition reproduces the full text, images and advertisements, plus new updates from some of the original authors, in a contemporary format, and introduces its contemporary importance and relevance to a new audience.

The book poses two simple, but far-reaching, questions: How does photography contribute to the defence of the old order? And how may it be used to help hasten the arrival of the new?

There follow 23 chapters of perceptive and incisive analysis of the contemporary and historical role of photography in society which remain even more relevant today than they were 40 years ago.

Thread-sewn, OTA binding, with flaps.
Cover: Callisto Pearl 250gsm.
Text: Munken Print White 90gsm.

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Photography/Politics: One

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AGAINST THE DOMINANT IDEOLOGY

Ideology: The Base and Superstructure Debate
Sylvia Harvey

The Camera Against the Paris Commune
Gen Doy

The Social Eye of Picture Post
Stuart Hall

What Did You Do in the War, Mummy?
Class and Gender in Images of Women
Jo Spence

Heartfield’s Millions Montage
(Attempt at) a Structural Analysis
Eckhard Siepmann

The History that Photographs Mislaid
Judith Williamson

LEFT PHOTOGRAPHY BETWEEN THE WARS

Introduction: Tasks and Aims
Willi Münzenberg

Germany: Arbeiter-Fotografie
W Körner and J Stüber

Holland: Vereeniging van Arbeiders-Fotografen
Bert Hogenkamp

Belgium: Willy Kessels and the Borinage Film
Bert Hogenkamp

America: The Workers’ Film and Photo League
Russell Campbell

Scotland: Workers’ Photography
Douglas Allen

England: The Workers’ Film and Photo League
Terry Dennett

The Hugh Cuthbertson Collection
Victoria Wegg-Prosser

LEFT PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY

Hackney Flashers Collective: Who’s Still Holding the Camera?
Liz Heron

Film and Poster Collective
Interview

MINDA

Why Socialist Photography?
Robert Golden

Jean Mohr | John Berger

Charity Begins at Home: The Shelter Photographs
Nick Hedges

Working for the Council
Trisha Ziff

Dismantling Modernism, Reinventing Documentary
(Notes on the Politics of Representation)
Allan Sekula

POSTCRIPT

Contacts/Worksheets
Notes on Photography, History and Representation
John Tagg

APPENDIXES

1. Adverts 2. Authors’ Notes

Editors
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Terry Dennett and Jo Spence

Reviews
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Still as relevant now as when it first came out, this is a landmark collection of essays. The first to be attentive to the politics of class, gender and race in the working of photographs, it is critically sophisticated yet accessible - and still required reading for anyone interested in understanding the history and theory of photography. It is wonderful that it is now available in a new edition.
Patrizia Di Bello, Professor of History and Theory of Photography, Birkbeck, University of London. Editor-in-chief, History of Photography.

A welcome reminder of the need to ask hard questions of a medium we too often take for granted as natural and truthful. Featuring now-classic essays about the photographic representation of class, race and gender, this anthology demonstrates above all that the concerns of writers and artists in the late 1970s were not so distant from our own.
Geoffrey Batchen, Professor of History of Art, University of Oxford

A seminal work of history and theory.
Duncan Forbes, Head of Photography, V&A Museum

This book opened the door to the social life of photographs for me with its the possibilities for thinking the past and the future through these sets and conditions of images. I read it so much that my copy fell apart, and I used to xerox the disaggregated segments for my students. Hopefully, another cohort will similarly devour this new edition. We need now it even more than before.
Laura Wexler, Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University

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Pages: 312
Illustrations: 181
Size: 230 x 160 mm 
Date: 2024
Editions: £30 [paperback] | £20 [eBook]
ISBN:978-1-912528-43-1 [paperback]

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Description

A seminal work of history and theory.
Duncan Forbes, Head of Photography, V&A Museum

We need this book now even more than before.
Laura Wexler, Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University

A landmark collection - required reading.
Patrizia Di Bello, Professor of History and Theory of Photography, Birkbeck, University of London. Editor-in-chief, History of Photography. 

Published over 40 years ago, Photography/Politics: One has been long sought-after and long out of print. This new edition reproduces the full text, images and advertisements, plus new updates from some of the original authors, in a contemporary format, and introduces its contemporary importance and relevance to a new audience.

The book poses two simple, but far-reaching, questions: How does photography contribute to the defence of the old order? And how may it be used to help hasten the arrival of the new?

There follow 23 chapters of perceptive and incisive analysis of the contemporary and historical role of photography in society which remain even more relevant today than they were 40 years ago.

Thread-sewn, OTA binding, with flaps.
Cover: Callisto Pearl 250gsm.
Text: Munken Print White 90gsm.

Contents list

AGAINST THE DOMINANT IDEOLOGY

Ideology: The Base and Superstructure Debate
Sylvia Harvey

The Camera Against the Paris Commune
Gen Doy

The Social Eye of Picture Post
Stuart Hall

What Did You Do in the War, Mummy?
Class and Gender in Images of Women
Jo Spence

Heartfield’s Millions Montage
(Attempt at) a Structural Analysis
Eckhard Siepmann

The History that Photographs Mislaid
Judith Williamson

LEFT PHOTOGRAPHY BETWEEN THE WARS

Introduction: Tasks and Aims
Willi Münzenberg

Germany: Arbeiter-Fotografie
W Körner and J Stüber

Holland: Vereeniging van Arbeiders-Fotografen
Bert Hogenkamp

Belgium: Willy Kessels and the Borinage Film
Bert Hogenkamp

America: The Workers’ Film and Photo League
Russell Campbell

Scotland: Workers’ Photography
Douglas Allen

England: The Workers’ Film and Photo League
Terry Dennett

The Hugh Cuthbertson Collection
Victoria Wegg-Prosser

LEFT PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY

Hackney Flashers Collective: Who’s Still Holding the Camera?
Liz Heron

Film and Poster Collective
Interview

MINDA

Why Socialist Photography?
Robert Golden

Jean Mohr | John Berger

Charity Begins at Home: The Shelter Photographs
Nick Hedges

Working for the Council
Trisha Ziff

Dismantling Modernism, Reinventing Documentary
(Notes on the Politics of Representation)
Allan Sekula

POSTCRIPT

Contacts/Worksheets
Notes on Photography, History and Representation
John Tagg

APPENDIXES

1. Adverts 2. Authors’ Notes

Editors

Terry Dennett and Jo Spence

Reviews

Still as relevant now as when it first came out, this is a landmark collection of essays. The first to be attentive to the politics of class, gender and race in the working of photographs, it is critically sophisticated yet accessible - and still required reading for anyone interested in understanding the history and theory of photography. It is wonderful that it is now available in a new edition.
Patrizia Di Bello, Professor of History and Theory of Photography, Birkbeck, University of London. Editor-in-chief, History of Photography.

A welcome reminder of the need to ask hard questions of a medium we too often take for granted as natural and truthful. Featuring now-classic essays about the photographic representation of class, race and gender, this anthology demonstrates above all that the concerns of writers and artists in the late 1970s were not so distant from our own.
Geoffrey Batchen, Professor of History of Art, University of Oxford

A seminal work of history and theory.
Duncan Forbes, Head of Photography, V&A Museum

This book opened the door to the social life of photographs for me with its the possibilities for thinking the past and the future through these sets and conditions of images. I read it so much that my copy fell apart, and I used to xerox the disaggregated segments for my students. Hopefully, another cohort will similarly devour this new edition. We need now it even more than before.
Laura Wexler, Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University

Data

Pages: 312
Illustrations: 181
Size: 230 x 160 mm 
Date: 2024
Editions: £30 [paperback] | £20 [eBook]
ISBN:978-1-912528-43-1 [paperback]

Shipping Information

Photography Collection
We charge just £5 for worldwide shipping on all our printed books.

Digital Editions
Digital items are sent immediately and automatically via email with a link to download your purchase.

International Orders
Printed books and t-shirts which are shipped internationally may incur import duty or taxes, which are levied once the goods reach their destination.

These vary by country and are payable by the receiver; eBooks are exempt.

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