Entries from February 19th, 2009
Lotman: Still-life in the semiotics perspective
February 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Photo theory
This article is available only in Russian. Hopefully, you can find more here.
Tags:Lotman·semiotics·still life
Jean Baudrillard: «Violence Done to the Image» from book: «The Intelligence of Evil»
February 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Photo theory
Jean Baudrillard (July 29, 1929 – March 6, 2007) was a French cultural theorist, sociologist, philosopher, political commentator, and photographer. His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and post-structuralism.
Unfortunately, the rest of this post is available in Russian only
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Photo theory, Photographs
Cartier-Bresson achieved international recognition for his coverage of Gandhi’s funeral in India in 1948 and the last (1949) stage of the Chinese Civil War. He covered the last six months of the Kuomintang administration and the first six months of the Maoist People’s Republic. He also photographed the last surviving Imperial eunuchs in Beijing, as [...]
