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Uncertain Histories: Accumulation, Inaccessibility, and Doubt in Contemporary Photography
Kate Palmer Albers
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Description for Uncertain Histories: Accumulation, Inaccessibility, and Doubt in Contemporary Photography
Hardback. The compulsion to dwell on history on how it is recorded, stored, saved, forgotten, narrated, lost, remembered, and made public has been at the heart of artists' engagement with the photographic medium since the late 1960s. This book considers some of that work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 59 color. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 774.
The compulsion to dwell on history on how it is recorded, stored, saved, forgotten, narrated, lost, remembered, and made public has been at the heart of artists' engagement with the photographic medium since the late 1960s. Uncertain Histories considers some of that work, ranging from installations that incorporate vast numbers of personal and vernacular photographs by Christian Boltanski, Dinh Q. Le, and Gerhard Richter to confrontations with absence in the work of Joel Sternfeld and Ken Gonzales-Day. Projects such as these revolve around a photographic paradox that hinges equally on knowing and not knowing, on definitive proof coupled with uncertainty, ... Read more
The compulsion to dwell on history on how it is recorded, stored, saved, forgotten, narrated, lost, remembered, and made public has been at the heart of artists' engagement with the photographic medium since the late 1960s. Uncertain Histories considers some of that work, ranging from installations that incorporate vast numbers of personal and vernacular photographs by Christian Boltanski, Dinh Q. Le, and Gerhard Richter to confrontations with absence in the work of Joel Sternfeld and Ken Gonzales-Day. Projects such as these revolve around a photographic paradox that hinges equally on knowing and not knowing, on definitive proof coupled with uncertainty, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
773g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520285279
SKU
V9780520285279
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About Kate Palmer Albers
Kate Palmer Albers is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Arizona.
Reviews for Uncertain Histories: Accumulation, Inaccessibility, and Doubt in Contemporary Photography
Uncertain Histories is well written, tightly focused, and without unnecessary detours . . . as a whole the book makes for a fascinating read, with an exemplary clear and structured line of reasoning.
Journal of Art History
Journal of Art History