Street & studio
Subtitle: an urban history of photography
By: edited by Ute Eskildsen ; with Florian Ebner and Bettina Kaufmann.
Contributors: Eskildsen, Ute.; Ebner, Florian.; Kaufmann, Bettina, 1972-; Tate Modern (Gallery); Museum Folkwang Essen.
Publisher: Tate Pub.; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781854377784
Subjects: Portrait photography -- Great Britain -- History -- Exhibitions; Street photography -- Great Britain -- History -- Exhibitions; Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Other titles: Street and studio; Urban history of photography
Description: "The photographic portrait has two parallel histories that run side by side, from the birth of photography to the twenty-first century; one of portraits made in the studio, the other of those taken in the street. The advent of small, easily concealed cameos allowed photographers to capture subjects in the street unaware. In contrast, the studio offered the opportunity to present carefully composed images to the world, making use of the elaborate staging and technical devices at the photographer's disposal." "With celebrities today expected to pose for the paparazzi in the street, and the studio being used increasingly for informal and intimate shots, these traditions have been subverted. Accompanying a major exhibition at Tate Modern, Street & Studio explores the fascinating contrasts, tensions and connections between these two traditions."--Jacket.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Modern, London, 22 May-31 Aug. 2008, and Museum Folkwang, Essen, 11 Oct. 2008-11 Jan. 2009.

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