Frederick A. Cook: the role of photography in the making of his polar explorer-hero image
ABSTRACT This paper aims to show how the photography of Frederick A. Cook (1865–1940) played an important role in the making of his polar explorer-hero image. It considers portraits and Arctic and Antarctic photographs that Cook used in his own publications and illustrated lectures, and which he pro...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247414000424 2024-03-03T08:38:36+00:00 Frederick A. Cook: the role of photography in the making of his polar explorer-hero image Millar, Pat 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000424 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247414000424 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 51, issue 4, page 432-443 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000424 2024-02-08T08:48:45Z ABSTRACT This paper aims to show how the photography of Frederick A. Cook (1865–1940) played an important role in the making of his polar explorer-hero image. It considers portraits and Arctic and Antarctic photographs that Cook used in his own publications and illustrated lectures, and which he provided for press articles. The paper is underpinned by discourse analysis and the concept of the photograph as a representation of reality filtered through various lenses. The visual impact and discursive messages of the photographs were aimed at situating readers and audiences in responsive attitudes that would generate a public persona which he exploited to increase his fame and heroic reputation. In time, Cook's photography also played a critical part in the collapse of the hero image. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Antarctic Polar Record 51 4 432 443 |
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ABSTRACT This paper aims to show how the photography of Frederick A. Cook (1865–1940) played an important role in the making of his polar explorer-hero image. It considers portraits and Arctic and Antarctic photographs that Cook used in his own publications and illustrated lectures, and which he provided for press articles. The paper is underpinned by discourse analysis and the concept of the photograph as a representation of reality filtered through various lenses. The visual impact and discursive messages of the photographs were aimed at situating readers and audiences in responsive attitudes that would generate a public persona which he exploited to increase his fame and heroic reputation. In time, Cook's photography also played a critical part in the collapse of the hero image. |
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