{"product_id":"each-wild-idea-writing-photography-history-9780262024860","title":"Each Wild Idea: Writing, Photography, History","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEach Wild Idea: Writing, Photography, History\u003c\/strong\u003e by Batchen, Geoffrey. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780262024860.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Each Wild Idea, Geoffrey Batchen explores a wide range of photographic subjects, from the timing of the mediums invention to the various implications of cyberculture. Along the way, he reflects on contemporary art photography, the role of the vernacular in photographys history, and the Australianness of Australian photography.\n\nThe essays all focus on a consideration of specific photographs—from a humble combination of baby photos and bronzed booties to a masterwork by Alfred Stieglitz. Although Batchen views each photograph within the context of broader social and political forces, he also engages its own distinctive formal attributes. In short, he sees photography as something that is simultaneously material and cultural. In an effort to evoke the lived experience of history, he frequently relies on sheer description as the mode of analysis, insisting that we look right at—rather than beyond—the photograph being discussed. A constant theme throughout the book is the question of photographys past, present, and future identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44950203662389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262024861","price":39.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262024860_d239773d-b535-48ee-9c24-ce436c91a57f.jpg?v=1778749975","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/each-wild-idea-writing-photography-history-9780262024860","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}