The darkroom : photography and the theatre of desire

Anne Marsh
South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan, 2003

ISBN: 1876832789

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Book description
'Anne Marsh's treatise on the art of photography traces its theoretical underpinning from the early debates between the rationalists and the fantasists, through psychoanalytical interpretations, to the theatre of desire. She investigates the role of photography in 'ghostly performances', the 'masking of desire' and 'high camp aesthetics' - through to 'performance art' and the role of the photographer as a 'gender terrorist' - as in the work of Del La Grace Volcano. The study concludes with notable examples of postmodern photography as they have occurred in the Australian context. This ground-breaking work by a leading Monash University academic will interest all students of photography and followers of recent trends in art and art theory'. [Palgrave Macmillan]

About the author
Dr. Anne Marsh is Senior Lecturer and Head of Visual Culture, Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Monash University.

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