Four Arts of Photography: An Essay in Philosophy

Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21^st century.

• Re-examines the history of art photography through four major photographic movements and with case studies of representative images
• Employs a top-down, theory to case approach, as well as a bottom-up, case to theory approach
• Advances a new theory regarding the nature of photography that is grounded in technology but doesn’t place it in opposition to painting
• Includes commentaries by two leading philosophers of photography, Diarmuid Costello and Cynthia A. Freeland

Keywords: Photographic arts; philosophy; Diarmuid Costello; Cynthia A. Freeland; Gursky; contemporary photography; digital photography; digital arts; photographic theory; abstract art; modern art, Photography History & Theory, Philosophy of Art, Photography History & Theory, Philosophy of Art