Undoing recognition : a critical approach to pose in photography
Author
Ertem, Fulya
Advisor
Mutman, Mahmut
Date
2006Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This study aims to give an account of the act of posing in photography in terms of the
self/image relationship in order to foreground an unexplored aspect of the pose that is
its potential to question (self-)recognition and/or (self-)identification. By departing
from an analysis of portrait photographs belonging to different cultures and historical
periods, this thesis attempts to provide a critical approach to the act of posing through a
productive communication between visual and theoretical texts and provides a new
approach to the subject/image relationship.
Keywords
PosingPhotography
Representation
(Self-) recognition
Portraiture August Sander
Ergün Turan