
What is a Photograph?
Carol Squiers(Author)
Prestel (Publisher)
Published on 20. January 2014
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-3-7913-5351-7 (ISBN)
Description
Few people ask, "What is a painting? A drawing? A sculpture?" But the medium of photography, especially since the 1970s, has been constantly changing as technological developments allow for endless experimentation - until the very definition of a photograph becomes ripe for debate. Beginning with the waning days of conceptual art, this book presents a wide variety of artists - among them James Welling, Christopher Williams, Uta Barth, Marco Breuer, Alison Rossiter, Parker Ito, Sigmar Polke, and Gerhard Richter - who have reconsidered and reinvented the role of light, color, composition, materiality, and subject in the art of photography. Brought together for the first time in book form, these individuals have found new ways of implementing both analog and digital technology, in many cases creating hybrid works that open up new possibilities for today's artists. Filled with brilliant colour reproductions, this volume not only traces the many strands of experimentation that have developed out of conceptual art, but also encourages dialogue on the continuing experimentation that is occurring as photography continues to evolve within the analogue and digital worlds. Published in association with the International Center of Photography.
Reviews / Votes
"These works expand and recontextualize our perception of what we call photography: contemplating the banality in everyday objects, commenting on the increasing ubiquity of the image, using alternative processes to transform the medium, and sometimes blurring the boundary between the image and other media to manipulate the picture plane."--American Photo
"The essays pique readers to look anew at the brilliant creativity made possible by the 'willful mistakes' and 'radical experimentation' employed, whereby the photograph itself becomes the artwork. . . Highly recommended."
--C. Dubon, The University of Toledo, Choice
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Illustrations
200 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 235 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-5351-7 (9783791353517)
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Person
Carol Squiers is curator at the International Center of Photography. She has edited and contributed to numerous publications including A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial and Weegee: Murder Is My Business (both DelMonico BooksPrestel).