Analytical Photography as a New Tool for the Representations of Reality

Abstract

In this article, the authors examine the history and the fundamental problems of photography as an edge between art and technology. Photography is emphasized as a mean to an objective representation of reality, and according to that it is differentiated on the basis of its functions and a vector of development in socially important context is offered. The authors introduce the notion of analytical photography as a mean of analytical research such fields as anthropology, sociology, journalism, urban design, as well as in those areas where the solution of a research task is based on visual information.