Collaboration
Will be published approx. on 26. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-500-29829-9 (ISBN)
Description
A revolutionary history of photography from a stellar team of writers and thinkers that challenges all existing narratives by focusing on the complex collaborations between photographer and subject.
This groundbreaking and multifaceted history explores photography through the lens of collaboration, and in so doing challenges the dominant narratives around photographic history and authorship. Led by five of photography's great thinkers and practitioners, it breaks apart the 'single creator' tradition by bringing to light tangible traces of collaboration - the various relationships, exchanges and interactions which occur between all participants in the event of photography.
Over 115 photography projects are surveyed in eight thematic chapters, and presented non-hierarchically alongside quotes, testimonies and concise texts by guest contributors. These networks of texts and images provide perspective on a vast array of photographic themes, from Araki's provocative portraits of women to archival files from the Spanish Civil War.
With more than 550 photographs and over 100 text contributors, Collaboration is an inspiration for teaching and an open invitation to scholars, activists, photographers and others to practice always with and alongside others, and to participate actively in this engagement and enquiry.
This groundbreaking and multifaceted history explores photography through the lens of collaboration, and in so doing challenges the dominant narratives around photographic history and authorship. Led by five of photography's great thinkers and practitioners, it breaks apart the 'single creator' tradition by bringing to light tangible traces of collaboration - the various relationships, exchanges and interactions which occur between all participants in the event of photography.
Over 115 photography projects are surveyed in eight thematic chapters, and presented non-hierarchically alongside quotes, testimonies and concise texts by guest contributors. These networks of texts and images provide perspective on a vast array of photographic themes, from Araki's provocative portraits of women to archival files from the Spanish Civil War.
With more than 550 photographs and over 100 text contributors, Collaboration is an inspiration for teaching and an open invitation to scholars, activists, photographers and others to practice always with and alongside others, and to participate actively in this engagement and enquiry.
Reviews / Votes
'A necessary book that forces readers to reconsider the very meaning of the word "by" in the context of photography' - Creative Review 'Engaging, informative and thought-provoking' - Amateur Photography 'An extraordinary book' - Photographica WorldMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
724 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
617 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-29829-9 (9780500298299)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ariella Azoulay is a Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Comparative Literature at Brown University. Wendy Ewald is a photographer who has collaborated on art projects with children, families, women and teachers for fifty years. Susan Meiselas has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1976. Leigh Raiford is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Laura Wexler is a Professor of American Studies, Film & Media Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Yale University.