10 Must Reads: Contemporary Photography
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1910144800 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Underscoring this trend, the world’s biggest museum space for the presentation of photography opened this year: the Pritzker Center for Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art devotes over 15,000 square feet to the medium. As the New York Times commented in 2013, “Museum directors are realizing that photography exhibitions attract crowds, particularly the young audiences they covet, so they are giving more attention and space to the medium than ever before.” And, whether or not this is the best reason for doing it, it’s about time too, some will feel.In 10 Must Reads: Contemporary Photography, we’ve drawn on the content of our contemporary photography titles to curate a range of thought-provoking essays on contemporary photography. The work of such luminaries as Tacita Dean, Robert Frank, Daido Moriyama, Richard Mosse, Ed Ruscha, Fiona Tan, Garry Winogrand and Francesca Woodman is closely examined and set in context.Among the varied perspectives are considerations of many time
Dr Chris Webster, Curator of Photography, School of Art, Aberystwyth University: This collection of essays is an engaging, illuminating and important introduction to diverse strategies of photographic making, the construction of the meta-album and the reflection of the cultural self. A valuable resource for artists, museum professionals, students and academics everywhere. Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Director, Visual Sociology and Museum Studies Lab, Cyprus University of Technology: This fascinating volume not only discusses the work of key contemporary photographers but also explores a number of "hot" topics such as artistic practice and processes, the artist's book, found photography and mem
. Nominated for the 2017 Prix Prictet Global Award in Photography and Sustainability, recent exhibitions include the 2016 Tianshui Biennale, China. Upcoming work includes an essay on images of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 in Museums and Photography: Displaying Death (forthcoming).Angela Kelly holds degrees in Creative Photography and A