Good or Bad: The Ambivalent Aesthetic Status of Failed Photographs, Bread & Books / London
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Between Good or Bad: The Ambivalent Aesthetic Status of Failed Photographs, Bread & Books / London, 42 p., 2008
Starting from an accidental series, the purpose of Between Good and Bad is to outline the problems that are linked to aesthetic judgements regarding photographic productions. To this end, we will focus our analysis on the arbitrary conventions that allow us to categorise a picture as good or bad. Thus particular attention will be given to the social norms that usally identify ‘failures’ or bad photography, through a popular and an artistic point of view. Consequently, Between Good and Bad will aim to highlight the specific aesthetic experience provided by photographs.
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