Snapshots
Subtitle: the photography of everyday life, 1888 to the present
By: Douglas R. Nickel.
Contributors: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Publisher: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Published: 1998
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Photography -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Description: None of the photographs featured in Snapshots was ever intended to be art, they were simply taken to document an event in everyday life. Still, the uncanny similarity between what these nameless camera bugs have created and what we enjoy in a great picture is unmistakable. The Museum's determination to investigate the medium of photography as a critical part of visual culture is multi-faceted and this new book is one that will touch, thrill, and enchant.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 15).
Catalog of an exhibtion held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 22-Sept. 8, 1998.