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The topic of my bachelor thesis is Photography and the Author's Book. I deal in it with a brief chronological history of the medium of photography and, in a little more detail, with contemporary photography. I follow a similar approach to the phenomenon of author's books and their various variations and forms, where I also briefly introduce the medium of zine. After the author's book, the work moves on to the combination of the author's book and photography and photographic publications. Then, the various author's files, photography books, author's books and visual files are mentioned in the thesis, which are also described in terms of how they work with text, photography and their overall visuality. All of these publications are contemporary productions in the Czech Republic, no more than 5 years old, and their subject matter is similar to that of my author's photography book (nature, feelings, music), which I describe in detail in the artistic part of the thesis. The artistic part consists of an author's photographic project presented in the form of an author's book, in which I try to connect the theme of nature, feelings with images accompanied by music. I also incorporate other elements into my work - artefacts, natural objects and glass fragments that I have collected during my photographic...

Multimediju komunikācija Informācijas un komunikācijas zinātnes Multimedia Communication Information and Communication Sciences Bakalaura darbs “Augšdaugavas novada nevietas attēlojums autorfotogrāfijā” ir radošais darbs, kas veidots balstoties teorētiskās atziņās par autorfotogrāfiju un kas vizuāli atspoguļo Augšdaugavas novada depopulācijas sekas. Izstrādājot radošo darbu, autorfotogrāfijā par Augšdaugavas novada nevietām tika izveidota fotogrāmata. Bakalaura darbu veido teorētiskā un koncepcijas daļas. Bakalaura darbs sastāv no teorētiskās daļas, kurā tiek apkopota teorētiskā informācija un analizēta fotogrāfija kā komunikācijas līdzeklis un izpētes materiāls, tās attīstība un ietekme uz valdošo viedokli sabiedrībā. Tiek apskatīts autorfotogrāfijas un nevietas jēdziens, šo jēdzienu popularitāte un nozīme mūsdienās. Tiek pētīta sociālo problēmu attēlošana fotogrāfijās, kā fotogrāfija ietekmēja un ietekmē sabiedrības iesaistīšanos sociālo problēmu risināšanā. Padziļināti tiek analizētas fotogrāmatas, to dažādie veidi un kā tās kļūst par izziņas materiāliem. Teorētiskajā daļā tiek pētīts arī vietas atainojums Latvijas ainavā, tā datēšana un atainojums vizuālajos darbos. Bakalaura radošā darba koncepcijā tiek apskatīti labas prakses piemēri autorfotogrāfijā un nevietu attēlošanā, izstrādāta radošā darba koncepcija, aprakstīts autorfotogrāfijas un mākslinieka fotogrāmatas projekta koncepts, sagatavošanās darbi, tehniskais aprīkojums, fotografēšana, fotogrāfiju pēcapstrāde un fotogrāfiju apkopošanu fotogrāmatā. Darbs ietver secinājumus par radoša darba teorētisko un koncepcijas daļām. Radošais darbs ir autorfotogrāfijā attēlotas Augšdaugavas novada nevietas, kas apkopotas 215 lapušu digitālā fotogrāmatā. The bachelor's thesis "Depicture of Augšdaugava Municipality non-places in author's photography" is a creative work based on theoretical knowledge about author's photography and it visually reflects the consequences of the depopulation of the Augšdaugava region. While developing the creative work, a photo book was created based on author's photography about the non-places of the Augšdugava region. The bachelor thesis consists of theoretical and conceptual parts. The bachelor's thesis consists of a theoretical part, in which theoretical information is studied and photography is analysed as a means of communication and research material, also looking at its development and influence on the prevailing opinion in society. The concept of author photography and non-places, the popularity and importance of these concepts today are examined. The research looks at the representation of social problems in photographs, its influence of society in solving social problems in the past and nowadays. Photo books, their different types and how they become cognitive materials are analysed in depth. The theoretical part also studies the depiction of places in the Latvian landscape, its dating techniques and depiction in visual works. The conceptual part of creative work of the bachelor thesis examines examples of good practice in author photography and the representation of non-places, the concept of creative work is developed. The concept of the author's photography and the artist's photo book project, preparations, technical equipment, photography, post-processing of photographs and compilation of photographs into a photo book are described. The work includes conclusions about the theoretical and conceptual parts of creative work. The creative work is an author's photographs of the places of the Augšdaugava region, assembled in a digital photo book consisting of 215 pages.

[ES] El interés por los libros estéticos ha aumentado en los últimos tiempos: libro-arte, fotolibro, álbum ilustrado, libro tipográfico, etc. El objetivo del artículo no es su clasificación, sino investigar los elementos que pueden fundamentar una teoría del libro estético desde el marco de referencia del libro, no de la obra de arte (como suele ocurrir en estudios sobre libro-arte / libro de artista). La metodología utilizada es interdisciplinar: incluye estética, semiótica y la perspectiva historiográfica, en especial de arte y diseño gráfico. La importancia de lo visual, su consideración discursiva y la facilidad actual para la edición impresa favorecen los proyectos de libros estéticos. Estos también se fundamentan en contextos con vocación interdisciplinar como el actual, así como en el uso de recursos visuales y discursivos variados, confluencias entre diferentes formas de comunicación o el encuentro entre ¿alta cultura¿ y ¿cultura popular¿. Una cuestión central es la relación entre lo estético y lo artístico, con la dificultad de ubicar publicaciones que tienen en principio una orientación referencial, pero a las que se concede una apreciación, e incluso intención, estéticas. Un hecho que interroga además por el límite entre los objetos artísticos y los que tienen una función práctica., [EN] Interest in aesthetic books has increased in recent years: art books, photo books, illustrated albums, typography books, etc. The objective of this paper is not to classify aesthetic books but to explore the elements that could support a theory on aesthetic books that takes the book as the frame of reference, rather than the work of art (as tends to be the case in studies of artist/art books). The methodology used is interdisciplinary, including aesthetics, semiotics, and a historiographical perspective, particularly on art and graphic design. The importance of the visual, its discursive dimension and the current accessibility of print publishing facilitate the development of aesthetic book projects. Such projects are also established in contexts with an interdisciplinary focus like the contemporary context, using a variety of visual and discursive techniques, bringing together different forms of communication, and connecting ¿highbrow culture¿ with ¿popular culture¿. A key question for this study is the relationship between the aesthetic and the artistic, with the difficulty of classifying publications that have in principle a referential orientation, but which are recognized as having an aesthetic dimension, and even an aesthetic intention. Also explored in this study is the distinction between works of art and objects that serve a practical function.

В работе исследуется новый вид изоизданий: фотопроект. Рассматривается общая характеристика изоизданий, структурно-содержательные и визуально-полиграфические особенности. Также раскрывается понятие фотокниги как вида издания.Проводится анализ фотокниг. Практическая часть подразумевает этапы создания фотопроекта «Женщина», где также даются практические рекомендации по разработке изоизданий. In this paper, we investigate a new kind ofart book: a photo project. The general characteristics of theart book, structural-content and visual-printing features are considered. The concept of a photobook as a type of publication is also revealed. The analysis of photobooks is carried out. The practical part includes the stages of creating a photo project «Woman», which also provides practical recommendations for the development of photo publications.

REFRESH THE BOOK zawiera refleksje na temat multimodalnego charakteru książki, koncentrując się na jej zmieniającym się postrzeganiu, funkcjach, formach i potencjale w erze cyfrowej. Tom, zawierający przegląd kluczowych pojęć i podejść, takich jak liberatura, technoteksty i ksiązkowość, dotyczy specyfiki drukowanej książki jako złożonego zjawiska kulturowego. Zgromadzone tu eseje omawiają różnorodne formy reprezentacji i ekspresji, zarówno w tekstach literackich, jak i nieliterackich, a także w książkach artystycznych. Szczególnie interesujące dla autorów są te aspekty książki, które opierają się remediacji w formę cyfrową. Tom zawiera także obszerny dział poświęcony praktyce artystycznej jako formie badań, książce jako syntezie sztuk oraz przestrzeni performatywnego działania estetycznego. REFRESH THE BOOK contains reflections on the multimodal nature of the book, focusing on its changing perception, functions, forms, and potential in the digital age. Offering an overview of key concepts and approaches, such as liberature, technotexts, and bookishness, this volume of essays addresses the specificity of the printed book as a complex cultural phenomenon. It discusses diverse forms of representation and expression, both in literary and non-literary texts, as well as in artist’s books. Of special interest are these aspects of the book which resist remediation into the digital form. Finally, the volume contains an extensive section devoted to artistic practice as research, discussing the book as the synthesis of the arts, and site for performative aesthetic activity.

[ES] El interés por los libros estéticos ha aumentado en los últimos tiempos: libro-arte, fotolibro, álbum ilustrado, libro tipográfico, etc. El objetivo del artículo no es su clasificación, sino investigar los elementos que pueden fundamentar una teoría del libro estético desde el marco de referencia del libro, no de la obra de arte (como suele ocurrir en estudios sobre libro-arte / libro de artista). La metodología utilizada es interdisciplinar: incluye estética, semiótica y la perspectiva historiográfica, en especial de arte y diseño gráfico. La importancia de lo visual, su consideración discursiva y la facilidad actual para la edición impresa favorecen los proyectos de libros estéticos. Estos también se fundamentan en contextos con vocación interdisciplinar como el actual, así como en el uso de recursos visuales y discursivos variados, confluencias entre diferentes formas de comunicación o el encuentro entre ¿alta cultura¿ y ¿cultura popular¿. Una cuestión central es la relación entre lo estético y lo artístico, con la dificultad de ubicar publicaciones que tienen en principio una orientación referencial, pero a las que se concede una apreciación, e incluso intención, estéticas. Un hecho que interroga además por el límite entre los objetos artísticos y los que tienen una función práctica. [EN] Interest in aesthetic books has increased in recent years: art books, photo books, illustrated albums, typography books, etc. The objective of this paper is not to classify aesthetic books but to explore the elements that could support a theory on aesthetic books that takes the book as the frame of reference, rather than the work of art (as tends to be the case in studies of artist/art books). The methodology used is interdisciplinary, including aesthetics, semiotics, and a historiographical perspective, particularly on art and graphic design. The importance of the visual, its discursive dimension and the current accessibility of print publishing facilitate the development of aesthetic book projects. Such projects are also established in contexts with an interdisciplinary focus like the contemporary context, using a variety of visual and discursive techniques, bringing together different forms of communication, and connecting ¿highbrow culture¿ with ¿popular culture¿. A key question for this study is the relationship between the aesthetic and the artistic, with the difficulty of classifying publications that have in principle a referential orientation, but which are recognized as having an aesthetic dimension, and even an aesthetic intention. Also explored in this study is the distinction between works of art and objects that serve a practical function.

The main topic of this bachelor thesis is contemporary circus. This type of dramatic art combines elements of the traditional version of circus with performing arts like dance, music or fine arts. The thesis focuses on the Czech version of contemporary circus mainly through photography. The theoretical part analyses the photography of performing arts and how to capture them with a documentary approach. Part of the thesis is an interview with documentary photographer Bohdan Holomíček.

International audience; La photographie est communément créditée d'une relation forte avec la mémoire. Elle aurait la capacité, en enregistrant de façon exhaustive et fidèle une image de la réalité, d'arrêter le temps et de permettre la contemplation, dans le présent, d'une image du passé. De là, entre autres, les pratiques de photographie souvenir et la fonction largement attestée de support de la remémoration. À l'heure où la « mémoire du communisme » en Albanie devient l'objet de l'attention des chercheurs, comme le montre la multiplication des manifestations et des publications sur ce thème, il peut sembler opportun de poser la question du rôle de la photographie dans la remémoration de la période communiste ou, en d'autres termes, de réfléchir à la façon dont les images photographiques produites à cette époque sont utilisées dans des pratiques et des discours mémoriels contemporains. La question que l'on peut poser quant à leur rôle dans la remémoration de la période communiste est double. D'abord, en quoi ces images constituent-elles une mémoire de la période communiste ? Quels éléments transmettent-elles de ce qui a été le présent de l'Albanie communiste, sous quelles formes et avec quelles intentions ? Ensuite, en quoi ces photographies constituent-elles un support de la remémoration dans l'Albanie contemporaine ? Quelles sont aujourd'hui les modalités de réception de ces images ? Les deux aspects nous retiendront ici et nous faisons l'hypothèse que la notion de « mémoire performative » permet de les articuler : par mémoire performative, nous entendons le fait que l'effet de l'acte de rappel ne consiste pas seulement en la re-présentation d'un contenu mémoriel, mais se fait sentir au delà, dans le présent de la remémoration. Cette dernière, selon la façon dont elle est encadrée, suscitée ou provoquée, peut être utilisée ou instrumentalisée pour agir sur le présent, rejoignant ainsi la catégorie plus générale des « usages du passé ».

Namen diplomskega dela je skozi popotniško fotografijo prikazati unikatnost Kube in Kubancev, ki so me navdušili na potovanju po otoku ter pokazati kakšno vlogo ima fotografija pri ustvarjanju slike neke države in prebivalcev, saj fotografija pove več kot tisoč besed. Diplomsko delo je sestavljeno iz treh delov – teoretičnega dela, eksperimentalnega dela in razprave. V teoretičnem delu je predstavljena fotografija, njen razvoj skozi obdobja in vloga, popotniška fotografija ter njeni predstavniki, primeri popotniške fotografije in Kuba ter njena zgodovina. V eksperimentalnem delu je predstavljena oprema, s katero so bile fotografije na potovanju posnete, programi uporabljeni za obdelavo in urejanje fotografij. Predstavljen je plan našega potovanja in na koncu izdelava fotoknjige. V razpravi so predstavljene moje popotniške fotografije po krajih in ne po kronološkem zaporedju, kot so predstavljeni v fotoknjigi ter moje mnenje o videnem. Predstavljena je tudi fotoknjiga, njen videz in dizajn. Priloga diplomi je popotniška fotoknjiga Kube. The purpose of the thesis is to show the uniqueness of Cuba and Cubans, who impressed me during my travel on the island. The aim is also to show the reader the role of the photography in creating the bigger picture of one country and its locals. After all, photography means more than thousand words. The thesis is divided into three parts – the theoretical part, the practical part and the discussion. The theoretical part is about photography, its evolution throughout history, the role of the photography, travel photography and its main representatives, some examples of travel photography and in the end Cuba with its history. The practical part introduces the equipment used to take photos during traveling, programs used for improving the photos. The traveling plan is introduced and also how the photo book was made. In the discussion, my travel photographs of Cuba are presented – not chronologically as in the photo book, but each place separately with my view of the photograph. The photo book and its design are also introduced, since I have made it myself. Appendix to the diploma is the travel photo book of Cuba.