This is the first book to study the history of photography via international exhibitions. The foremost historians of the medium describe the most important shows and set them in the context of their times, from London’s Great Exhibition of 1851 to today.' - from publisher's website
Edited by Alessandra Mauro, with contributions and interviews with a host of international photography experts, Photoshow attempts to tell the story of the photography exhibition by looking at some of the landmark exhibitions in photographic history. Short articles focused on important figures, venues, and publications in the arena of photography exhibition are included.
Onsite
English
2014
272
9780500544426
1
anthology
Deviations from the Norm: Curating Photographs in the Internet Age: Interview with Quentin Bajac
First Visions: The Invention of Photography - Paul-Louis Roubert
'The Most Remarkable Discovery of Modern Times': Three Photographic Exhibitions in 1850s London - Gerry BADGER
Between Pride and Prejudice: Exhibiting Photography in the 19th Century - Paul-Louis Roubert
The 1891 Vienna International Exhibition of Artistic Photography: The Birth of Picture-Making and an End to Prejudice and Misunderstanding - David SPENCER
Alfred Stieglitz and 291 - Alessandra MAURO
The Film und Foto Exhibition of 1929 - Francesco ZANOT
Photography at MoMA: Four Landmark Exhibitions - Alessia TAGLIAVENTI
The Image-Maker: Robert Delpire and the Centre National de la Photographie, Paris - Michel FRIZOT
The Installation as Work of Art: From Conceptualism to Wolfgang Tillmans - Francesco ZANOT
You Can't Look Away: The Exhibition as Photojournalistic Essay - Alessandra MAURO, Alessia TAGLIAVENTI
'Anybody and Everybody': here is new york - Alessandra MAURO
here is new york and the 'Creative Interlocutor': Interview with Charles Traub
Photoshow: Landmark Exhibitions that Defined the History of Photography
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