| Description |
272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
[Chapter] 0. The deviation from the norm: curating photographs in the Internet age. Interview with Quentin Bajac / Alessandra Mauro -- [Chapter] 1. First visions: the invention of photography / Paul-Louis Roubert -- [Chapter] 2. 'The most remarkable discovery of modern times': three photographic exhibitions in 1850s London / Gerry Badger -- [Chapter] 3. Between pride and prejudice: exhibiting photography in the 19th century / Paul-Louis Roubert -- [Chapter] 4. The 1891 Vienna international exhibition of artistic photography: the birth of picture-making and an end to prejudice and misunderstanding / David Spencer -- [Chapter] 5. Alfred Stieglitz and 291 / Alessandra Mauro -- [Chapter] 6. The Film und Foto exhibition of 1929 / Francesco Zanot -- [Chapter] 7. Photography at MoMA: four landmark exhibitions: Photography 1839-1937 ; The road to victory ; The family of man ; New documents / Alessia Tagliaventi -- [Chapter] 8. 'The image-maker': Robert Delpire and the Centre National de la Photographie, Paris (1982-1996) / Michel Frizot -- [Chapter] 9. The installation as work of art: from conceptualism to Wolfgang Tillmans / Francesco Zanot -- [Chapter] 10. 'You can't look away': the exhibition as photojournalistic essay. Salgado and Peress / Alessandra Mauro, Alessia Tagliaventi -- [Chapter] 11. 'Anybody and everybody': here is new york. With an interview with Charles Taub / Alessandra Mauro |
| Summary |
"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."--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Exhibitions -- History.
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Photography -- History.
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| Author |
Mauro, Alessandra, editor
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| ISBN |
8869655458 (hardbound) |
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9788869655456 (hardbound) |
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