by Jon Lackman | 18 October 2007 | Photography
Soon to appear: two new journals devoted to the study of photography: Photography and Culture and Photographies. It’s hard to learn much about Photographies from its vaguely written press release [pdf here], except that it’s edited by David Bate, Sarah Kember, Martin Lister, and Liz Wells.
Photography and Culture, according to its press release,
aims to rebalance the overemphasis on art historical approaches to include vernacular and applied photography within its scope …
will embrace the historical, technological, cultural and social aspects of photography …
seeks to open up the study of photography beyond traditional Eurocentric and Anglo-American perspectives …
(via ARHV)
