What Does Today's Image Record.
Authors
Date of thesis defence
2017-06-09T00:00:01Z
Faculty
Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta
Department
Katedra fotografie
Type of work
Diplomová práce
Advisor
Referee
Abstract
The thesis describes and analyses post-documentary photography with emphasis on contemporary Chinese theory and practice. The traditionally defined documentary function of photography has been challenged on many sides and the technology growth of the new media has caused the structural change of photographic language. Documentary function, the core characteristics of photographic language, is rapidly falling apart in this change. As an imported tool, photography has taken a special road in its growth in China. For well known ideology reasons, the documentary function of photography has displayed some very peculiar changes in its traditional past as well as in globalized China today. This paper will try to analyze various causes that influence the documentary function of photography, compare political and cultural differences and show the post-documentary characteristics of contemporary Chinese photography.
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Keywords
teorie fotografie, dokumentární fotografie, digitální média, internet