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The Photograph as Contemporary Art

(World of Art)

By Charlotte Cotton

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| Paperback | 9780500203804

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The first accessible guide to the key artists and uses of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s.

An ideal introduction to this popular subject in contemporary culture, this highly readable book surveys work by more than 150 artist-photographers: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, PContinue

The first accessible guide to the key artists and uses of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s.

An ideal introduction to this popular subject in contemporary culture, this highly readable book surveys work by more than 150 artist-photographers: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca di Corcia, Richard Billingham, Jurgen Teller, Thomas Demand, Yinka Shonibare, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall, Wolfgang Tillmans, and many more.

More than 200 examples of the most important works are illustrated. Themed chapters consider subjects such as narrative and storytelling in art photography, photographing the everyday and the insignificant, the use of photography in conceptual art, and the cool, detached, objective aesthetic prevalent in current art photography. 210 illustrations, 100 in color.

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    I love this book and its contents even I've only started reading the first few pages. It seemed to contain all that I want to know about photography.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 224 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0500203806
  • ISBN-13: 9780500203804
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson
  • Pub date: Nov 29, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 968 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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