The Photograph as Contemporary Art (World of Art)

by Charlotte Cotton

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This book provides an introduction to contemporary art photography, identifying its most important features and themes and celebrating its exciting pluralism through an overview of its most important and innovative practitioners. The nearly 250 photographers whose work is reproduced in the book range from established artists such as Isa Genzken, Jeff Wall, Sophie Calle, Thomas Demand, Nan Goldin and Sherrie Levine to emerging talents such as Walead Beshty, Jason Evans, Lucas Blalock, Sara VanDerBeek and Viviane Sassen. This new edition brings the story of contemporary art photography up to date with a new introduction outlining the evolution of photography from documentary tool to art form, and an updated final chapter focusing on the younger generation of artists who emphasize the technical and material properties of photography, employ it as part of a wider pan-media practice, or respond to evolving new modes of dissemination in the digital age.
  • ISBN13 9780500204184
  • Publish Date 3 March 2014 (first published 17 August 2009)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 5 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Edition Third edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Language English