Exposed
Subtitle: voyeurism, surveillance, and the camera since 1870
By: edited by Sandra S. Phillips ; essays by Simon Baker ... [et al.].
Contributors: Phillips, Sandra S., 1945-; Baker, Simon, 1972-; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.; Tate Modern (Gallery); Walker Art Center.
Publisher: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in association with Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300163438
Subjects: Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions; Photography -- History -- Exhibitions; Voyeurism -- History -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: Since the rise of the photographic medium in the late 19th century, people have been fascinated by the camera’s ability to record striking moments both public and private. From Mathew Brady’s haunting images of the Civil War to the present day paparazzi’s brand of voyeurism-for-hire, photography has long served to capture not only the posed portrait but also the personal, the intimate, the unexpected, and the taboo. This fascinating book examines the ways in which acts of voyeurism and surveillance have inspired, challenged, and expanded the medium of photography throughout its evolution.Featuring photography by Sophie Calle, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Harun Farocki, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, Andy Warhol, and Weegee, among others, Exposed chronicles the artistic, political, and even moral dilemmas that underlie some of these artists’ best known works. Through insightful essays and commentary by Sandra Phillips, one of the foremost authorities on the history of 20th-century photography, Exposed examines some of the most invasive and unsettling aspects of photography, including the use of the hidden camera, the production of erotic pictures and pornography, and the intersection of photography with both celebrity and violence.
Notes: "Catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Tate Modern, London, May 28 to October 3, 2010; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 30, 2010 to April 17, 2011; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, May 21 to September 11, 2011."