Visual Studies. Eyes Across the Water. The Amsterdam Conference on Visual Anthropology and Sociology

Het Spinhuis, Amsterdam, 1989. Edited by Robert M. Boonzajer Flaes. Wraps, near very good with cover crease and wear to extremities. 172 pages. Provides a complete overview of the international conference The Future of Visual Anthropology and Sociology, Eyes Across the Water, held at the University of Amsterdam in 1989. Topics include: New Developments in Ethnographic Film-making, Narration and Documentary Film, the Photo Camera as a Research Device, Native Participation, et al.  The 20 papers feature several on photography, including “Photography and Anthropological Research: Three Case Studies” by Paolo Chiozzi; “The Sociological Imagination and Documentary Still Photography: The Interrogatory Stance” by Charles S. Suchar; and “Lines of Descent: Photography for Evidence or Interpretation? by Terence Wright.  Back matter incudes list of films and videos screened at the conference and a list of conference participants with their affiliations. Text in English.