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Acting Out - Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,012
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Acting Out - Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography (Hardcover): John Rohrbach

Acting Out - Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography (Hardcover)

John Rohrbach; Contributions by Erin Pauwels, Britt Salvesen, Fernanda Valverde

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Cabinet cards were America's main format for photographic portraiture throughout the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Standardized at 61/2 x 41/4 inches, they were just large enough to reveal extensive detail, leading to the incorporation of elaborate poses, backdrops, and props. Inexpensive and sold by the dozen, they transformed getting one's portrait made from a formal event taken up once or twice in a lifetime into a commonplace practice shared with friends. The cards reinforced middle-class Americans' sense of family. They allowed people to show off their material achievements and comforts, and the best cards projected an informal immediacy that encouraged viewers to feel emotionally connected with those portrayed. The experience even led sitters to act out before the camera. By making photographs an easygoing fact of life, the cards forecast the snapshot and today's ubiquitous photo sharing. Organized by senior curator John Rohrbach, Acting Out is the first ever in-depth examination of the cabinet card phenomena. Full-color plates include over 100 cards at full size, providing a highly entertaining collection of these early versions of the selfie and ultimately demonstrating how cabinet cards made photography modern. Published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Exhibition dates: Amon Carter Museum of American Art: August 15-November 1, 2020 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA): August 8-November 7, 2021

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Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2020
First published: 2020
Editors: John Rohrbach
Contributors: Erin Pauwels • Britt Salvesen • Fernanda Valverde
Dimensions: 248 x 279 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-30668-4
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic equipment & techniques
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic portraits
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > Portraits in art
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LSN: 0-520-30668-6
Barcode: 9780520306684

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