The Indexical Imagination
Bate, D. 2020. The Indexical Imagination. in: Bull, S. (ed.) A Companion to Photography Wiley. pp. 85-96
Bate, D. 2020. The Indexical Imagination. in: Bull, S. (ed.) A Companion to Photography Wiley. pp. 85-96
| Chapter title | The Indexical Imagination |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bate, D. |
| Editors | Bull, S. |
| Abstract | To investigate the relation of the indexical to photography, people should consider some of the source materials that so many have used; perhaps in this way it will tell them something more about the real issue at stake in the question of indexicality. One way or another, it seems, to engage with the issue of indexicality in photography has become essential. Most theoretical discussions of the indexical image begin with the semiotic work of Charles Sanders Peirce and apply it to other writings on photography. Peirce's semiotic work refers directly to photography, and he gives a photograph as an example of his theory of the second trichotomy of signs: icon, index, and symbol. The focus on one or other of the relations of the sign is where an ideology of photography in theory begins to meets esthetics. |
| Book title | A Companion to Photography |
| Page range | 85-96 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Publication dates | |
| Published online | 30 Dec 2019 |
| Published in print | 2020 |
| ISBN | 9781405195843 |
| 9781118598764 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118598764.ch6 |
| Journal | A Companion to Photography |