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African Photography from the Walther Collection
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Description for African Photography from the Walther Collection
Hardcover. Offers fresh perspectives on the African archive, reimagining its diverse histories and changing meanings. This title investigates typical representations of African subjects, from scenes in nature and romanticized images of semi-nude models, to modern sitters posing in stylized studios. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 323 x 249 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1970.
Distance and Desire – accompanying the same-titled exhibition in Neu-Ulm – is the first major publication to stage a dialogue between the ethnographic visions of late nineteenth and early-twentieth century African photography and engagements with this imagery by contemporary artists. Presenting an extraordinary range of portraits, albums, postcards, cartes de visite, and books from Southern Africa, as well as recent photography and video art from The Walther Collection, the catalogue includes original thematic essays by leading art historians, anthropologists, and cultural critics. Distance and Desire offers new perspectives on the African archive, reimagining its diverse histories and changing meanings. Distance ... Read more
Distance and Desire – accompanying the same-titled exhibition in Neu-Ulm – is the first major publication to stage a dialogue between the ethnographic visions of late nineteenth and early-twentieth century African photography and engagements with this imagery by contemporary artists. Presenting an extraordinary range of portraits, albums, postcards, cartes de visite, and books from Southern Africa, as well as recent photography and video art from The Walther Collection, the catalogue includes original thematic essays by leading art historians, anthropologists, and cultural critics. Distance and Desire offers new perspectives on the African archive, reimagining its diverse histories and changing meanings. Distance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Steidl Publishers Germany
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
1970g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Gottingen, Germany
ISBN
9783869306513
SKU
V9783869306513
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