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Background information
"What is the status and where is the potential of the photobook? Not only does it facilitate a different kind of presentation and dissemination than gallery exhibitions; the book format also allows the challenges of photographic immediacy to be met and supports illusions of movement and investigations into photographic imagery. Further, the importance of the photobook has grown for the dissemination of avant-garde conceptual photography, as well as for documentary or political statements. (But) is the photobook today primarily a mainstream medium, a collector's item, or a platform for artistic experimentation? This collection of essays addresses current intellectual-intuitive, technical, and practical ways of communicating through photo books and other image narratives." (© Art and Theory, 2013)
Content
The text volume 'Imprint. Visual Narratives in Books and Beyond', edited by Hans Hedberg, Tyrone Martinsson, Gunilla Knape, Louise Wolthers and with texts by Gerry Badger, David Bate, Bettina Lockemann, Michael Mack contains a collection of essays on the significance of the photobook.
Using selected examples (including 'Water Towers' by Hilla & Bernd BECHER, 'GoNoGo' by Ad van DENDEREN, 'A Shimmer of Possibility' by Paul GRAHAM, 'Food' by Michael SCHMIDT), photo book connoisseurs explain what makes a photo book, what role it can (or should?) play, and where the development of the printed photo book is heading. A really exciting read for any photo book lover....
About the photographers, whose photo books are presented and analyzed in 'Imprint
Bernd & Hilla BECHER, Ad VAN DENDEREN, Paul GRAHAM, Michael SCHMIDT
Photobooks of the photographers represented with their photobooks in 'Imprint
- Format
- Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 22 x 2 cm., 196 pp., text language: English