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    Pictorial Shakespeare

    Schoch, Richard W., Pictorial Shakespeare, in Wells, Stanley; Stanton, Sarah, The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage, Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 58-75

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    Theatre Photograph and Representation

    Virkki, Susanna, Theatre Photograph and Representation, in , Proceedings of the 20th International Academic Mindtrek Conference, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA 2016, pp. 304–311

  • Stage Photography

    Presenting choreographed works or concepts through still photography

    Bates, Lisa M., «Presenting choreographed works or concepts through still photography». M.F.A., , Ann Arbor, United States 2010 Abstract With a focus to further explore the world of dance photography, the research focuses on representing choreographed works through still photography and how to effectively portray movement concepts and themes through still images. Most importantly the connection developed and necessary between the choreographer and photographer is of utmost importance. Beginning with an overview of related sources, information is presented based upon the elements, tools, and concepts related to photographing dance. An in depth look into various past photography figures and also choreographer/photographer relationships serves as the base for further developing the…

  • Stage Photography

    Never Mere Observation: Performance, Technology, and the Act of Looking

    Krauter, Sarah G. Marsh, «Never Mere Observation: Performance, Technology, and the Act of Looking». Ph.D., , Ann Arbor, United States 2017 Abstract Herbert Blau, in defining the act of looking as “never mere observation”, describes how the action of the visual faculty is not simply about seeing, but the engagement in an active, circulatory exchange between culture and viewer. Never Mere Observation posits a dialectical relationship between spectatorship, performance, and emerging technologies. In this study, my aim is to track a pattern of ideas and use to assert the possible connections between the evolution of technology and the evolution of narrative structure. The biomechanical function of the act of looking…

  • Performed Photography

    The PhotoPerformer : The Performance of Photography as an Act of Precarious Interdependency

    Vason, Manuel, «The PhotoPerformer : The Performance of Photography as an Act of Precarious Interdependency». PhD Thesis, Brighton University, 2019 Abstract This PhD by Publication explores Manuel Vason’s art practice at the intersections of photography and performance culminating in his development of the PhotoPerformer. Vason formulates the interdependency between the two art forms as a reflexive collaboration with the Other and as an evolving methodology which leads to a collaborative transformation of photography through performance. Vason questions the fixity of photography – symbolized by ‘the frame’ – as an ideological dispositive of power and control that distances subject and object and enforces a unique, absolute and finished perspective. Considering photography…