Photography - Softcover

Mark-haworth-booth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1851772057 ISBN 13: 9781851772056

Publisher: V & A Publications, 2004

Synopsis

The V&A Photography Collection is one of the earliest in existence, dating back to the foundation of the Museum in the 1850s. Through 100 of its most important photographs, this book tells the fascinating story of how the new medium of photography was embraced by a new kind of museum, which concerned itself with the arts of everyday life and with a large popular audience. Illustrations and text show how photography was perceived initially as art, then later as a powerful means of communication offering a compelling window on the world and still later - from the 1960s - as a fashionable art medium once again. Its shifting identity is vividly demonstrated by the work of such highly acclaimed and diverse talents as Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Steichen, Eugene Atget, Man Ray, Bill Brandt, David Bailey, Cindy Sherman and Nan Goldin.

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About the Author

Mark Haworth-Booth, Curator of Photographs at the V&A, has worked closely with many of the great photographers of modern times. His insight and experience illuminates the subject for students and all those interested in the art and techniques of photography. His many published works include Early Photographic Processes (with Brian Coe, 1983), The Golden Age of British Photography, 1839-1900 (1984), Bill Brandt, Behind the Camera (1986), Photography Now (1989) and Camille Silvy's 'River Scene, France', (1992).

From Library Journal

Curator of photographs at the esteemed Victoria and Albert Museum for 20 years, Haworth-Booth is uniquely qualified to undertake this work, part history of the medium, part survey of the museum's vast and diverse holdings, and part story of how the institution built the collection. Fewer than 100 images have been selected from 300,000 in the museum, but the choices are all wonders, spanning the entire history of photography and reproduced with a tactile richness and luminescence, often in the full size of the print. It is Haworth-Booth's text, however, that earns this work a place in most libraries. He seamlessly blends the strands of his story and quotes from both practitioners and curators into a very readable narrative that could serve to initiate those newly curious about photography and also inform those well versed in its history. His emphasis on the British innovators may annoy some and may not tell the entire history, but this is an essential piece of the puzzle and belongs in most libraries, both public and academic.?Eric Bryant, "Library Journal"
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About this edition

• Publisher: V & A Publications
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1851772057
• ISBN 13: 9781851772056
• Binding: Paperback