List members may be interested in this new book, the first devoted to this important subject.
Richly illustrated with 68 colour images, The Reflexive Photographer will help museums and galleries analyze in-depth and fully understand both contemporary and historic images of all kinds: from documentary to found photographs, and from journals to performance, play, and online photo-sharing. The book acts as a demonstration of the new tools and skills needed to fully appreciate and communicate the content and context of images.
In 13 chapters and over 300 pages, an international team of curators, academics and researchers present a rich variety of perspectives whilst exploring the photography of a range of world-renowned photographers, including Robert Frank, Daido Moriyama, Richard Mosse, Eadweard Muybridge, Ed Ruscha and Garry Winogrand.
The Reflexive Photographer will be of great value to curators artistic and historical collections of images; and to archivists, librarians and others with a responsibility for, or interest in, photographic collections, both historic and contemporary.
The book is currently available with a complimentary copy of Uneventful: The Rise of Photography, by Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, New Media Initiatives at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Graeme Farnell
Publisher, MuseumsEtc
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MuseumsEtc Ltd
UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB
USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139
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