Fotografia miejska a przemiany struktury i kultury miasta
Urban photography and the transformation of structure and culture of the city

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a multifaceted relations between photography and widely understood culture of the city. Photography was invented at the time when modern metropolises were being built/constructed and, from the very beginning, it became inextricably tied to the city. Consecutive generations of photographers have been creating their own visual narrations which reflect different strategies and artistic visions. This way, photography both co-creates the great urban myths and legends (such as the Parisian boulevards or skyscrapers of New York) and becomes a tool of demythologisation of urban space, and a medium of critical look at reality. In other words, Urban photography always reflects a vision of the city and cannot be neutral. The text presents some aspects of the complex phenomenon known as urban photography, starting from the mid nineteenth century until the first years of the 21st century.

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