Tanımayı bozmak: Fotoğrafa poz verme anına eleştirel bir yaklaşım

ABSTRACTUndoing Recognition:A Critical Approach to Pose in PhotographyFulya ErtemSupervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Mahmut MutmanSeptember, 2006This study aims to give an account of the act of posing in photography in terms of theself/image relationship in order to foreground an unexplored aspect of the pose that isits potential to question (self-)recognition and/or (self-)identification. By departingfrom an analysis of portrait photographs belonging to different cultures and historicalperiods, this thesis attempts to provide a critical approach to the act of posing through aproductive communication between visual and theoretical texts and provides a newapproach to the subject/image relationship.Key Words: Posing, Photography, Representation, (Self-) recognition, PortraitureAugust Sander, Ergün Turaniii