The photobook in the technoimagetic environment: thoughts on the critical dimension of photography based on The Americans, by Robert Frank

Considering the recent boom of photobooks in the editorial field, this paper aims to discuss their relevance to photography’s circulation, especially when we live under a technoimagetic ambience dominated by the digital image and the screens. In order to do that, we analyse the editorial trajectory...

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Autores: Souza e Silva, Wagner, Mazzilli, Bruna Sanjar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Intexto (Porto Alegre)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/94350
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/94350
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fotografia
Robert Frank
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Photography. Robert Frank. Photobook. Technoimage.
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Sumario:Considering the recent boom of photobooks in the editorial field, this paper aims to discuss their relevance to photography’s circulation, especially when we live under a technoimagetic ambience dominated by the digital image and the screens. In order to do that, we analyse the editorial trajectory of The Americans, a photobook by Robert Frank, since its first edition (1958) until its most recent one (2008). As Frank’s work maintains itself as an important reference for the photographic field, we suggest that photobooks play a decisive role not only in terms of circulation and propagation of ideas, but also in expanding the critical potential of photography.