Olga SmithContemporary Photography in France
Between Theory and Practice
List of Figures List of Plates Acknowledgements Introduction
Chapter 1. 1970s: Engagement and Subjectivity Roland Barthes and the
Science of Subjectivity From The Family of Man to Families in France:
Documentary and Professional Photography Mythologies of the Self:
Photography in Artistic Practices
Chapter 2. 1980s: Objectivity in a Dematerialized World Jean Baudrillard:
The Era of the Object A Quest for Legitimacy as Art Staged Photography and
the Culture of Simulacra "The Form Tableau": Photograph as Object and
Picture
Chapter 3. 1990s-2000s: The Future of The Photographic Image Jacques
Rancière: Photography as Milieu Forms of Resistance and Participation After
Photography
Conclusion: The Landscapes of France
Landscape and the National Imaginary The DATAR Photographic Mission:
Picturing "le territoire des Français" The Anthropogenic Landscape: The
Environmental Perspective A Sense of Belonging: Territory, Borders,
Identity Towards a Non-Nationalist History of Photography
Plates Bibliography Index
