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Photography and Germany
Andres Mario Zervigon
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Description for Photography and Germany
Paperback. Richly illustrated with many previously unpublished images, Photography and Germany is the first single-authored history of German photography, and deepens our understanding of how photography cultivates notions of a nation and its inhabitants. Series: Exposures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 115 illustrations, 55 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 190. .
The meeting of photography and Germany evokes pioneering modernist pictures from the Weimar era and colossal digital prints that define the medium's art practice today. It also recalls horrifying documents of wartime atrocity and the relentless surveillance of East German citizens. Photography and Germany broadens these perceptions by examining photography's multi-faceted relationship with Germany's turbulent cultural, political and social history. It shows how many of the same phenomena that helped generate the country's most recognizable photographs also led to a range of lesser-known pictures that similarly documented or negotiated Germany's cultural identity and historical ruptures. The book rethinks the photography ... Read more
The meeting of photography and Germany evokes pioneering modernist pictures from the Weimar era and colossal digital prints that define the medium's art practice today. It also recalls horrifying documents of wartime atrocity and the relentless surveillance of East German citizens. Photography and Germany broadens these perceptions by examining photography's multi-faceted relationship with Germany's turbulent cultural, political and social history. It shows how many of the same phenomena that helped generate the country's most recognizable photographs also led to a range of lesser-known pictures that similarly documented or negotiated Germany's cultural identity and historical ruptures. The book rethinks the photography ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Exposures
Condition
New
Weight
784g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780237480
SKU
V9781780237480
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About Andres Mario Zervigon
Andres Mario Zervigon is Associate Professor of the History of Photography at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. His previous books include John Heartfield and the Agitated Image: Photography, Persuasion, and the Rise of Avant-garde Photomontage (2012) and Photography and Its Origins (co-edited with Tanya Sheehan, 2014).
Reviews for Photography and Germany
'Delicately navigating the complex history of Germany, a nation state invented in the same century as photography, Andres Mario Zervigon shows how photographic images have both buttressed and fissured that state ever since. Addressing vernacular and artistic photographs with equal aplomb, Zervigon offers a welcome overview of German photography that will be essential reading for anyone interested in this topic.' ... Read more