Laruelle and Non-Photography

This book provides a critical introduction to François Laruelle’s writings on photography, with a particular focus on his two most important books on photography:The Concept of Non-PhotographyandPhoto-Fiction, a Non-Standard Aesthetics. By unpacking and contextualising these works, this study provides a useful starting point for students and scholars who want to better understand Laruelle’s larger project, which he calls “non-philosophy”, or more recently, “non-standard philosophy”. With clear and concise explanations of the basics of non-philosophy,Laruelle and Non-Photographydemonstrates how Laruelle's thought challenges standard, philosophical approaches to photography, and culminates in a novel theory of "non-photography."