Suspended conversations
Subtitle: the afterlife of memory in photographic albums
By: Martha Langford.
Contributors: Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press; McGill Queens Univ; Brand: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Mar 18, 2001
Place of publication: Montreal
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne.; Photograph albums -- Social aspects.; Oral tradition.; Photographs in genealogy.; Photography in historiography.
Description: "In Suspended Conversations Martha Langford breathes life into photographic albums. These travelogues, memoirs, thematic collections, and family sagas embody the intimate preoccupations of their compilers and the great events of a golden photographic age, 1860 to 1960. Langford also traces the influence of photograph albums on the installations, photo narratives, and photo sequences of contemporary artists. Whether dealing with art, museum archives, or the family heirloom, Suspended Conversations bring photography into the great conversation about how we remember our stories and send them into the future."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Based on a collection of albums, compiled 1860-1960, held by the McCord Museum of Canadian History.

Includes bibliographical references and index.