GENRE SCENES WITH A SNOW PANTHER. ON ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY (Sceny rodzajowe ze sniezna pantera. O fotografii zwierzat)

• Authors: Miskowiec Marta
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Just as any other sort of photography, animal photography is neither the place nor the source of natural relations with the world. Photographic imagery, shaped within the progress of the art of depiction, creates a sui generis communiqué, which we receive while barely aware of its existence and believing that the photograph is rather a 'mirror of nature' and does not additionally manipulate our awareness. Photographs of pets, wild animals and game provide vast information about our reflections about animals. The titular 'snow panther' is a reference to Peter Matthiessen's 'The Snow Leopard', which proposes an alternative way of getting to know wild animals via respectful co-existence.

Keywords

EN

ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANIMALS

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 4(287)
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Miskowiec Marta

• Marta Miskowiec, Muzeum Historii Fotografii w Krakowie (for postal address contact the journal, editor)

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA084915