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The photograph as contemporary art

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A short illustrated survey of the use of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s.

The work of approximately 150 of the best-known artist-photographers are featured: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Richard Billingham, Juergen Teller, Thomas Demand, Yinka Shonibare, Thomas Ruff, JeffWall, Wolfgang Tillmans, and many more.

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.

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Product Details
Thames & Hudson Ltd
0500203806 / 9780500203804
Paperback / softback
770
18/10/2004
United Kingdom
English
224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)
21 cm
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