Photography A Middle-brow Art Pierre Bourdieu with Luc Boltanski, Robert Castel, Jean-Claude Chamboredon and Dominique Schnapper Translated by Shaun Whiteside wii ‘3901101625757 Polity Press‘This English translation copyright © Polity Press 1990 First published in 1990 by Polity Press in association with Blackwell Publishers Lt. First published in French as Un at mayen by Les Editions de Minuit (Original French text copyright © 1965 by Les Ealtions de Minuit. pen esti kg, First published in paperback 1996 a a “op. . Reprinted in 1998 Te = ae Eatortal ofr 132 & 2. Polity Press Orie S16 -09 2002 . 65 Bridge Street Bele A g ‘cambridge CB2 TUR, UK ‘ Zz s * [9% ey, & Marketing and production 7 Ansign0™ Blackwell Publishers Ltd 108 Cowley Road Oxford OX4 LIF, UK All rights reserved, Except for the quotation of short passages forthe purposes of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval ‘system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without th prior permission ofthe publisher. Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition ‘hat it shell not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold hired out, or ‘otherwise ciculated without the publishers prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which itis published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ISBN 0-7456-0523-0 ISBN 0-7456-1715-8 (pbk) [ACCP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ‘Typeset in 11 on 13 pt Garamond by Wearside Tradespools, Fulwell, Sunderland Printed in Great Britain by T1 International, Padstow, ComwallContents Preface to the English Language Edition a INTRODUCTION rl Pierre Bourdieu The study of photographic practice and the meaning of the photographic image is a privileged opportunity to employ an original method designed to apprehend within a total comprehen- sion the objective regularities of behaviour and the subjective experience of that behaviour, PARTI 1 The Cult of Unity and Cultivated Differences 13 Pierre Bourdieu ‘The explanation of photographic practice with reference to the universality of a ‘need? for photographs mistakes the effect for the cause. ney seats Illi ‘Universitest MOTUPHANEST 1437253