THE PHOTOBOOK by Patrizia Di Bello, Colette Wilson, Shamoon Zamir ( 9781848856158 )

Item Details

Title:

THE PHOTOBOOK
FROM TALBOT TO RUSCHA AND BEYOND

By:

Patrizia Di Bello, Colette Wilson, Shamoon Zamir

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£64.00
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ISBN 10:

1848856156

ISBN 13:

9781848856158

Publisher:

I.B.TAURIS & CO LTD.

Pub. date:

28 February, 2012

Pages:

288

Description:

Only a few years after the birth of photography, this publication heralded a new genre in the history of the book, one in which the photograph was the primary vehicle of expression and communication, or stood in equal if sometimes conflicted partnership with the written word.

Synopsis:

The photograph found a home in the book before it won for itself a place on the gallery wall. Only a few years after the birth of photography, the publication of Henry Fox Talbot's "The Pencil of Nature" heralded a new genre in the history of the book, one in which the photograph was the primary vehicle of expression and communication, or stood in equal if sometimes conflicted partnership with the written word. In this book, practicing photographers and writers across several fields of scholarship share a range of fresh approaches to reading the photobook, developing new ways of understanding how meaning is shaped by an image's interaction with its text and context and engaging with the visual, tactile and interactive experience of the photobook in all its dimensions. Through close studies of individual works, the photobook from fetishised objet d'art to cheaply-printed booklet is explored and its unique creative and cultural contributions celebrated.

Illustrations:

45 bw integrated illustrations

Publication:

Imprint:

I.B.Tauris

Returns:

Returnable

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