Photography

A Middle-Brow Art

Pierre Bourdieu (Collège de France)

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French

Polity Press
18 February 1996

Photography & photographs; Photographic equipment & techniques; Cultural studies

The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers - the family snapshots, the holiday prints, the wedding portraits - may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. But Bourdieu and his associates show that few cultural activities are more structured and systematic than the social uses of this ordinary art.

This perceptive and wide-ranging analysis of the practice of photography brings out the logic implicit in this cultural field. The norms which define the occasions and the objects of photography serve to display the socially differentiated functions of, and attitudes towards, the photographic image and act. For some social groups, photography is primarily a means of preserving the present and reproducing the euphoric moments of collective celebration, whereas for other groups it is the occasion of an aesthetic judgement, in which photos are endowed with the dignity of works of art.

Edited by: Pierre Bourdieu (Collège de France)
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780745617152
ISBN 10: 0745617158
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 18 February 1996
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pierre Bourdieu is Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France and Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

Reviews for Photography: A Middle-Brow Art

At his best Pierre Bourdieu observes the world like an acerbic novelist, and Photography is Bourdieu at his best - its insights into the popular use of the camera still offer the delights of recognition and a valuable reminder that cultural studies need the empirical and theoretical underpinnings provided by good, Durkheimian sociology. Simon Frith Interesting ... in its scope and insights. The Guardian Pathbreaking [and] intriguing. Times Higher Education Supplement