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Imprint : visual narratives in books and beyond / [translation, Semantix].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Swedish Original language: English Series: NegativePublisher: Stockholm : Art and Theory ; Academin Valand, Göteborgs universitet, 2013Description: 223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789198087444
  • 9198087444
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 779 SE.I 2013 23
LOC classification:
  • TR501 .I477x 2013
Contents:
Foreword = Förord -- It's all fiction : narrative and the photobook = Det är bara fiktion : berättandet och den fotografiska boken / Gerry Badger -- The syntax of a photowork = Det fotografiska verkets syntax / David Bate -- A phenomenological approach to the photobook = Ett fenomenologiskt betraktelsesätt av fotoboken / Bettina Lockemann -- Only on paper ... = Bara på papper / Michael Mack -- Appendix.
Summary: In times when cameras are ubiquitous and the general public is experimenting with the narrative possibilities of photography more than ever before, a survey of the current status and potential of the photobook is highly relevant. Not only does the photobook constitute an alternative means of display to gallery exhibitions, the book format also challenges photography's instantaneousness, and allows for an exploration of the photographic language. Books have been seminal in the distribution of avant-garde conceptual photography, as well as social documentary and political statements. But what is the status of the photobook today? Is it primarily a mainstream medium, a collector's item, or a platform for artistic experiments? Imprint is a collection of essays that delve into current practices and address the phenomenological, technological, and aesthetical possibilities for communicating through photobooks, both printed and digital.
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Foreword = Förord -- It's all fiction : narrative and the photobook = Det är bara fiktion : berättandet och den fotografiska boken / Gerry Badger -- The syntax of a photowork = Det fotografiska verkets syntax / David Bate -- A phenomenological approach to the photobook = Ett fenomenologiskt betraktelsesätt av fotoboken / Bettina Lockemann -- Only on paper ... = Bara på papper / Michael Mack -- Appendix.

In times when cameras are ubiquitous and the general public is experimenting with the narrative possibilities of photography more than ever before, a survey of the current status and potential of the photobook is highly relevant. Not only does the photobook constitute an alternative means of display to gallery exhibitions, the book format also challenges photography's instantaneousness, and allows for an exploration of the photographic language. Books have been seminal in the distribution of avant-garde conceptual photography, as well as social documentary and political statements. But what is the status of the photobook today? Is it primarily a mainstream medium, a collector's item, or a platform for artistic experiments? Imprint is a collection of essays that delve into current practices and address the phenomenological, technological, and aesthetical possibilities for communicating through photobooks, both printed and digital.

Parallel text in English and Swedish.

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