Vitamin Ph
New Perspectives in Photography
Published on 17. October 2006
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-7148-4656-9 (ISBN)
Description
Photography continues to be a central part of international artistic practice. Over the past ten years it has experienced radical changes, in part due to the rise of digital technologies. Photography is now often engaged in by artists who are not just printing in a darkroom, but using the medium as a single aspect of a larger ouvre, as one of several media under exploration.
Vitamin Ph
focuses on diverse global developments in 'art' photography through the work of 121 contemporary artists, who were nominated by 78 international critics, curators and artists. These selections will be accompanied by a 5000 word introductory text by TJ Demos, aiming to explore ideas relevant to contemporary photography with reference to the works included in the book. In addition, the work of each photographer/artist will be introduced by a short commissioned text of approximately 500 words. Similar in concept, scope and structure to
Vitamin P
and
Vitamin D
,
Vitamin Ph
presents, in A to Z order, artists who have emerged, or in some instances re-emerged, in the last five years using the medium of photography.
Reviews / Votes
'Demos is absolutely right in the most crucial respects - contemporary photography oscillates between the conceptual and the committed ... Vitamin Ph is a lavish and useful guide'ArtReview '[a] savvy, eccentric, and pointedly provocative book ... Vitamin Ph catches a medium on the fly and in flux. It's a snapshot of a subject that's far too restless to stay put.'
Photoworks 'The book exhibits an impressive breadth.'
Artweek 'This remarkable survey of 121 photographers from over 30 countries demonstrates that contemporary photographers are exploring and resetting the bounds of the medium. It is truly exciting to see in one place so much creative punch, which is made more so by the thoughtful and specialist-penned essays on each artist packed with critical thought, historical comments, and theory.'
Library Journal 'A lavishly illustrated guide...'
Miami Herald 'Like Phaidon's excellent volumes on painting ('Vitamin P') and drawing ('Vitamin D'), this is a comprehensive effort, representing artists from all fields (documentary, portraits, video, etc.) and 30 countries...the scale of the project and the talent of those chosen is undeniable.'
The New York Post 'Essential for the tirelessly au courant...'
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Persons
TJ Demos is Lecturer in the Department of History of Art, University College London. He writes widely on modern and contemporary art, and his book entitled
The Exiles of Marcel Duchamp
is forthcoming from MIT Press. A member of
Art Journal
'seditorial board, his articles have appeared in publications such as
Artforum
,
Flash Art
,
Grey Room
and
October
. He is currently working on a book on contemporary art and globalization.
Content
Artists Featured: Armando Andrade Tudela, Alexander Apostol, Miriam Backstrom, Yto Barrada, Erica Baum, Valerie Belin, Walead Beshty, Rut Blees Luxemburg Luchezar Boyadjiev, Frank Breuer, Olaf Breuning, Gerard Byrne, Elinor Carucci, David Claerbout, Anne Collier, Phil Collins, Kelli Connell, Eduardo Consuegra, Sharon Core, Rochelle Costi, Gregory Crewdson, Nancy Davenport, Tim Davis, Tacita Dean, Olafur Eliasson, Hans Eijkelboom, JH Engstrom, Lalla Essaydi, Roe Ethridge, Peter Fraser, Yang Fudong, Anna Gaskell, Simryn Gill, Anthony Goicolea, Geert Goiris, David Goldblatt, Katy Grannan, AES+F group, The Atlas Group/Walid Raad, Mauricio Guillen, Jitka Hanzlova, Anne Hardy, Rachel Harrison, Jonathan Hernandez, Sarah Hobbs, Emily Jacir, Valerie Jouve, Yeondoo Jung. Rinko Kawauchi, Annette Kelm, Idris Khan, Joachim Koester, Panos Kokkinias, Aglaia Konrad, Luisa Lambri, An-My Le, Tim Lee, Nikki S Lee, Zoe Leonard, Armin Linke, Sharon Lockhart, Vera Lutter, Florian Maier-Aichen, Malerie Marder, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Gareth McConnell, Scott McFarland, Ryan McGinley, Trish Morrissey, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Zanele Muholi, Oliver Musovik, Kelly Nipper, Nils Norman, Catherine Opie, Esteban Pastorino Diaz, Paul Pfeiffer, Sarah Pickering, Peter Piller, Rosangela Renno, Mauro Restiffe, Robin Rhode, Sophy Rickett, Noguchi Rika, Andrea Robbins/Max Becher, Ricarda Roggan, Anri Sala, Dean Sameshima, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Markus Schinwald. Gregor Schneider, Collier Schorr, Josef Schulz, Paul Shambroom, Ahlam Shibli, Yinka Shonibare, Efrat Shvily, Santiago Sierra, Paul Sietsema, Alex Slade, Sean Snyder, Alec Soth, Heidi Specker, Hannah Starkey, Simon Starling, John Stezaker, Clare Strand, Darren Sylvester, Guy Tillim, Nazif Topcuoglu, Danny Treacy, Fatimah Tuggar, Celine van Balen, Annika von Hausswolff, Bettina von Zwehl, Deborah Willis, Sharon Ya'ari, Catherine Yass, Shizuka Yokomizo, Amir Zaki, Liu Zheng, Tobias Zielony