The extended moment
Subtitle: fifty years of collecting photographs at the National Gallery of Canada
By: [essays by] Ann Thomas, John McElhone
Contributors: McElhone, John, editor; Thomas, Ann (Curator); Canadian Photography Institute
Publisher: 5 Continent Editions; Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Milan, Italy; [Ottawa, Ontario]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9788874398027
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Catalogues; Expositions; Histoire; Exhibitions; Photograph collections; Artistic Photography; Photography; Collectors and collecting; Photographie artistique; Dokumentarfotografie; Fotografie; Porträtfotografie; Photographie; Collectionneurs et collections; Werbefotografie; National Gallery of Canada,; Canadian Photography Institute; Institut canadien de la photographie; Musée des beaux-arts du Canada; National Gallery of Canada; Bauhaus Dessau Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen; Bauhaus Dessau
Description: A sumptuous celebration of one of the world's most striking photograph collections from 1967 up to 2017. This publication celebrates fifty years of collecting photographs at the National Gallery of Canada. In 1967 when the collection was established the photography market was in its infancy and the collection reflects the availability of in depth collections of work by some of the forefathers of the medium such as Charles Negre, William Henry Fox Talbot, Gustave Le Gray and Roger Fenton among others. Within a few short years of starting to build the collection the science of photographic preservation and conservation was making remarkable strides and influencing the acquisition and exhibition of photographs in museums. This publication celebrates the collecting of photographs, the historical and art historical context of their making and the deepening of our understanding of their physical nature.
Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, May 4 to September 16, 2018 and the Morgan Library and Museum, New York, February 15 to May 26, 2019.

Also available in French under title : L'espace d'un instant : cinquante ans de collectionnement de photographies au Musée des beaux-arts du Canada.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: In the right light, at the right time  -- Ann Thomas; title: Conversations in time --; title: The art and science of invention --; title: Exploring and discovering --; title: An instrument of detection --; title: Advertising --; title: Portraying --; title: Creating new narratives --; title: Processes and formats -- John McElhone-- Glossary-- Chronology: a collection in the making.