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Véritable plongée dans la photographie dès son invention et hors des frontières de l’Europe, cet ouvrage propose une histoire polyphonique des débuts de la photographie mondiale. Richement illustré, alternant découpages géographiques et thématiques transcontinentales, Mondes photographiques, histoires des débuts invite une cinquantaine d’auteurs des cinq continents à(...)
Mondes photographiques, histoires des débuts
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Véritable plongée dans la photographie dès son invention et hors des frontières de l’Europe, cet ouvrage propose une histoire polyphonique des débuts de la photographie mondiale. Richement illustré, alternant découpages géographiques et thématiques transcontinentales, Mondes photographiques, histoires des débuts invite une cinquantaine d’auteurs des cinq continents à mettre en récit des expériences du médium et à redessiner des parcours de photographes souvent méconnus, qu’ils soient voyageurs ou originaires des pays abordés. Le lecteur y découvrira l’extraordinaire diversité des pratiques et des usages de la photographie à compter du XIXe siècle en différents lieux du monde.
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Collects over 175 years of key moments in the visual history of the Southern United States, with over two hundred and fifty photographs taken from 1845 to present. The South is perhaps the most mythologized region in the United States and also one of the most depicted. Since the dawn of photography in the nineteenth century, photographers have articulated the distinct and(...)
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November 2023
A long arc: photography and the American south
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Collects over 175 years of key moments in the visual history of the Southern United States, with over two hundred and fifty photographs taken from 1845 to present. The South is perhaps the most mythologized region in the United States and also one of the most depicted. Since the dawn of photography in the nineteenth century, photographers have articulated the distinct and evolving character of the South’s people, landscape, and culture and reckoned with its fraught history. Indeed, many of the urgent questions we face today about what defines the American experience—from racism, poverty, and the legacy of slavery to environmental disaster, immigration, and the changes wrought by a modern, global economy—appear as key themes in the photography of the South. The visual history of the South is inextricably intertwined with the history of photography and also the history of America, and is therefore an apt lens through which to examine American identity.
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Before the invention of photography, civil engineers employed topographic artists to record the progression of their projects. Termed "record pictures," these illustrations followed the tradition of the Dutch topographical landscapes of the 17th century, combining the qualities of detail and clarity with the objectivity of technical drawings. As such, record pictures had(...)
January 2004, Göttingen, Germany
Record pictures : photographs from the archives of the Institution of Civil Engineers
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Before the invention of photography, civil engineers employed topographic artists to record the progression of their projects. Termed "record pictures," these illustrations followed the tradition of the Dutch topographical landscapes of the 17th century, combining the qualities of detail and clarity with the objectivity of technical drawings. As such, record pictures had a scientific rather than an artistic purpose, just as most photography did in its infancy. Photography’s prime value was historically regarded as its ability to make highly detailed, objective (and relatively inexpensive) records. Industry was quick to harness the new medium to make record pictures. Significantly, one of the founders of Britain’s Photographic Society was a leading civil engineer. This original application gave rise to a genre of landscape photography that has not been properly recognized. Record Pictures: Photographs from the Archive of the Institution of Civil Engineers represents the photographic jewels of arguably the finest collection in Britain. Spanning a period of 75 years from the mid-19th century, the book contains previously unpublished examples drawn from across Europe, Africa, Australasia, the Far East, and Latin America. Record pictures are the unacknowledged foundation of the history of photography. In his introductory essay, Michael Collins demonstrates how this fundamental approach continues unchanged, only now it is no longer industry that applies these principles but such eminent artists as Bernd & Hilla Becher and Thomas Struth, proponents of contemporary art photography.
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January 2004, Göttingen, Germany
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While the history of photography is a well-established canon, much less critical attention has been directed at the phenomenon of the photobook, which for many photographers is perhaps the most significant vehicle for the display of their work and the communication of their vision to a mass audience. In the first of two volumes, both co-edited by Martin Parr and Gerry(...)
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November 2004, London
The photobook : a history, volume 1
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While the history of photography is a well-established canon, much less critical attention has been directed at the phenomenon of the photobook, which for many photographers is perhaps the most significant vehicle for the display of their work and the communication of their vision to a mass audience. In the first of two volumes, both co-edited by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, "The Photobook" provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the photobook, from its inception at the dawn of photography in the early nineteenth century through to the radical Japanese photobooks of the 1960s and 70s, by way of the modernist and propaganda books of the 1930s and 40s. In his introduction, Badger argues that the photobook is one of the most significant photographic genres due to the extent of its distribution and level of availability, and contests the traditional notion that the history of photography is best represented by the original print. This study provides an important corrective to the traditional history of photography. The selection of photographers made by Badger and Parr challenges the popular canon, and their survey of the history of the photobook reveals a secret web of influence and interrelationships between photographers and photographic movements around the world. The book is divided into a series of thematic and broadly chronological chapters, each featuring a general introductory text providing background information and highlighting the dominant political and artistic influences on the photobook in the period, followed by more detailed discussion of the individual photobooks. The chapter texts are followed by spreads and images from over 200 books, which provide the central means of telling the history of the photobook. Chosen by Parr and Badger, these illustrations show around 200 of the most artistically and culturally important photobooks in three dimensions, with the cover or jacket and a selection of spreads from the book shown. Volume One also features an illuminating and provocative introduction, ‘The Photobook: Between the Film and the Novel’ by Badger, which is accompanied by a preface written by Parr.
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November 2004, London
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New Scandinavian photography
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Focusing on the last ten years, New Scandinavian Photography highlights the work produced by a diverse range of artists who are exploring and manipulating the use of photography in their practices and explores photography as a medium through academic texts and interviews, addressing the technical and material properties of photography in the context of fine art and(...)
New Scandinavian photography
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Focusing on the last ten years, New Scandinavian Photography highlights the work produced by a diverse range of artists who are exploring and manipulating the use of photography in their practices and explores photography as a medium through academic texts and interviews, addressing the technical and material properties of photography in the context of fine art and pan-media practice with a focus on the exhibition room as well as printed matter. Through critical examination and personal interviews, the book showcases established names in the photographic art scene such as Asger Carlsen and Emil Salto, along with emerging talents that include Marten Lange and Marthe Elise Stramund. A key focus is upon artist’s use of photography as a medium, along with their methods of presentation, from the white cube gallery space to intimate printed matter.
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L’ouvrage offre l’occasion de porter un nouveau regard sur un fonds d’images atypique au sein de la production visuelle des premières décennies du xxe siècle?: les autochromes –?premier procédé de photographie en couleur?– et les films pris à Paris par les opérateurs des Archives de la Planète. Cette vaste et noble entreprise, imaginée par Albert Kahn (1860-1940),(...)
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September 2020
Paris 1910-1937 : promenades dans les collections Albert-Kahn
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L’ouvrage offre l’occasion de porter un nouveau regard sur un fonds d’images atypique au sein de la production visuelle des premières décennies du xxe siècle?: les autochromes –?premier procédé de photographie en couleur?– et les films pris à Paris par les opérateurs des Archives de la Planète. Cette vaste et noble entreprise, imaginée par Albert Kahn (1860-1940), banquier, mécène utopiste et pacifiste, poursuivait l’ambition ?d’établir un dossier de l’humanité prise en pleine vie, à un moment charnière de son histoire, à ?l’heure critique? de changements aussi profonds qu’inéluctables.
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In the second half of the 19th century, unprecedented advances in technology resulted in the collision of travel and photography. Explorers were able to document their journeys, hauling enormous amounts of equipment over arduous terrain. This collection of photographs takes readers on a historic global tour that includes five continents and offers a visible record of(...)
Image and exploration: early travel photography from 1850-1914
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In the second half of the 19th century, unprecedented advances in technology resulted in the collision of travel and photography. Explorers were able to document their journeys, hauling enormous amounts of equipment over arduous terrain. This collection of photographs takes readers on a historic global tour that includes five continents and offers a visible record of worlds long-since vanished.
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Entre les lignes de « Architecture exquise », la dernière publication de la Maison de l’Architecture Occitanie-Pyrénées, coéditée par la jeune maison d’édition Building Books accompagnant l’exposition éponyme, on explore un récit épistolaire et une dérive photographique entre trois photographes Eric Tabuchi, Patrick Tourneboeuf et Cyrille Weiner qui se sont prêtés au jeu(...)
Architecture exquise : Eric Tabuchi, Patrick Tourneboeuf, Cyrille Weiner
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Entre les lignes de « Architecture exquise », la dernière publication de la Maison de l’Architecture Occitanie-Pyrénées, coéditée par la jeune maison d’édition Building Books accompagnant l’exposition éponyme, on explore un récit épistolaire et une dérive photographique entre trois photographes Eric Tabuchi, Patrick Tourneboeuf et Cyrille Weiner qui se sont prêtés au jeu proposé par un architecte, Jean-Baptiste Friot, endossant pour l’occasion le costume du commissaire. L’exercice est simple : les photographes sont invités à chercher dans leur collection personnelle l’image qui répondra à une autre image, à tour de rôle, dans une version photographique du célèbre cadavre exquis, pour embarquer le visiteur-lecteur en voyage dans un paysage imaginaire et sans limites. Une seule règle régit la commission : l’équité du temps de « parole » et une séquence.
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+ Photographie, vol. 2
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Chaque année, des milliers de photographies et d’objets (tirages, négatifs, plaques, albums, installations, appareils…) entrent dans les collections publiques françaises (musées nationaux ou régionaux, grandes institutions, Frac, centres d'art ou d'archives, bibliothèques…). Jusqu’à la création de cette publication en 2020, le public ne disposait pas d'un aperçu de ces(...)
+ Photographie, vol. 2
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Chaque année, des milliers de photographies et d’objets (tirages, négatifs, plaques, albums, installations, appareils…) entrent dans les collections publiques françaises (musées nationaux ou régionaux, grandes institutions, Frac, centres d'art ou d'archives, bibliothèques…). Jusqu’à la création de cette publication en 2020, le public ne disposait pas d'un aperçu de ces acquisitions. Parmi les découvertes de cette 2e édition, les tirages albuminés de l'album Eugène Delacroix acquis par la BnF, des œuvres de Josef Koudelka, Dolorès Marat, Susan Meiselas, Bernard Plossu ou Wolfgang Tillmans, un focus sur la photographie de spectacle, Man Ray en photographe de mode, les images impressionnantes prises par un capitaine terre-neuvas dans les années 1930, les carnets du projet Azimut de Tendance Floue à travers la France, un almanach de 1941 transformé par son propriétaire en album de famille en captivité…Par cette sélection d'œuvres replacées dans le contexte de leur création et de leur acquisition, « +Photographie » revisite l'histoire du médium, de ses origines à ses champs contemporains.
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"Rome: Eternal City" presents Rome seen through the eyes of over a century and a half of architectural experts. The breathtaking photographs collected in this volume are drawn from the archives of the Royal Institute of British Architects, founded in London in 1834. Having famassed architectural photography since the conception of photographic media, the RIBA now contains(...)
Rome: Eternal city. Photographs collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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"Rome: Eternal City" presents Rome seen through the eyes of over a century and a half of architectural experts. The breathtaking photographs collected in this volume are drawn from the archives of the Royal Institute of British Architects, founded in London in 1834. Having famassed architectural photography since the conception of photographic media, the RIBA now contains one of the largest such collections in the world. Over time, that collection captured Rome from landscape to close archeological detail, through history ranging from antiquity to contemporary structures.
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