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Photography: The Whole Story is a celebration of the most beautiful, meaningful and inspiring photographs that have arisen from this very modern medium. It begins with a succinct overview of photography, placing it in the context of the social and cultural developments that have taken place globally since its arrival. Organized chronologically, the book then traces the rapid evolution of photographic style, period by period and movement by movement. Illustrated, in-depth essays cover every photographic genre, from the early portraits and tableaux to the digitally manipulated montages, split-second sports images, and conceptual photographs of today. The ideas and works of key photographers are assessed to reveal what motivated them, who influenced whom, and what each was striving to achieve. Detailed cultural and individual artist timelines clarify historical context.
Unlike many other artistic media, photography's origins are well
documented, as are its ever-changing technologies and applications.
Written by an international team of experts, this definitive
history of photography looks at every step of the field's dynamic
evolution, period by period and movement by movement. Each key
genre is chronologically presented within its social, economic, and
political context, along with close analysis of specially selected
works that best exemplify the characteristics of the period. With
more than 500 gorgeous examples in black and white and color, the
book explores in-depth virtually every aspect of the medium since
its first public demonstration in 1839 to the latest innovations:
from early portraits and the birth of photojournalism to travel
photography and the mapping of the world; from the Pictorialists to
the avant-garde; from celebrity and fashion to documentary and
landscape. Along the way readers will learn why some photographs
are considered iconic, and why the medium as an art form continues
to challenge and enthrall us.
Photography, both in the form of contemporary practice and that of
historical material, now occupies a significant place in the
citadels of Western art culture. It has an institutional network of
its own, embedded within the broader art world, with its own
specialists including critics, curators, collectors, dealers and
conservators. All of this cultural activity consolidates an
artistic practice and critical discourse of photography that
distinguishes what is increasingly termed 'art photography' from
its commercial, scientific and amateur guises. But this
long-awaited recognition of photography as high art brings new
challenges. How will photography's newly privileged place in the
art world affect how the history of creative photography is
written? Modernist claims for the medium as having an aesthetic
often turned on precedents from painting. Postmodernism challenged
a cultural hierarchy organized around painting. Nineteenth-century
photographs move between the symbolic spaces of the gallery wall
and the archive: de-contextualized for art and re-contextualized
for history. But what of the contemporary writings, images, and
practices that negotiated an aesthetic status for 'the
photographic'? Photography and the Arts revisits practices both
celebrated and elided by the modernist and postmodernist grand
narratives of art and photographic history in order to open up new
critical spaces. Written by leading scholars in the fields of
photography, art and literature, the book examines the metaphorical
as well as the material exchanges between photography and the fine,
graphic, reproductive and sculptural arts.
The first part of this essential handbook provides an art-business
analysis of the market for art photography and explains how to
navigate it; the second is an art-historical account of the
evolution of art photography from a marginal to a core component of
the international fine-art scene. In tracing the emergence of a
robust art-world sub-system for art photography, sustaining both
significant art-world presence and strong trade, the book shows the
solid foundations on which today's international market is built,
examines how that market is evolving, and points to future
developments. This pioneering handbook is a must-read for scholars,
students, curators, dealers, photographers, private collectors and
institutional buyers, and other arts professionals.
Photography, both in the form of contemporary practice and that of
historical material, now occupies a significant place in the
citadels of Western art culture. It has an institutional network of
its own, embedded within the broader art world, with its own
specialists including academics, critics, curators, collectors,
dealers and conservators. All of this cultural activity
consolidates an artistic practice and critical discourse of
photography that distinguishes what is increasingly termed ‘art
photography’ from its commercial, scientific and amateur guises.
But this long-awaited recognition of photography as high art brings
new challenges. How will photography’s newly privileged place in
the art world affect how the history of creative photography is
written? Modernist claims for the medium as having an aesthetic
often turned on precedents from painting. Postmodernism challenged
a cultural hierarchy organized around painting. Nineteenth-century
photographs move between the symbolic spaces of the gallery wall
and the archive: de-contextualised for art and re-contextualised
for history. But what of the contemporary writings, images, and
practices that negotiated an aesthetic status for ‘the
photographic’? Photography and the Arts revisits practices both
celebrated and elided by the modernist and postmodernist grand
narratives of art and photographic history in order to open up new
critical spaces. Written by leading scholars in the fields of
photography, art and literature, the essays examine the
metaphorical as well as the material exchanges between photography
and the fine, graphic, reproductive and sculptural arts.
While certain photographs have become world-famous images indelibly
printed on the cultural consciousness, the stories on the other
side of the lens have been all too often distorted, obfuscated or
overlooked, the social and political environments misunderstood or
forgotten. By evoking the lives and backgrounds of nearly forty
great photographers, Juliet Hacking also brings new light to their
work, forging a greater understanding of each photographic pioneer.
In addition, many rarely seen portraits and self-portraits are
brought to light. Seen together, these entries form a holistic
examination that, while drawing attention to the contributions of
each individual, adroitly guides the reader through the major
innovations, movements and developments in the history of
photography with authority, dexterity and zeal. Bound in a single
compact and portable volume, Lives of the Great Photographers is
one of those rare examples where engaging reading meets beau livre.
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