The Photograph as Contemporary Art (Art Ebook).pdf

The Photograph as Contemporary Art By Charlotte Cotton
2004 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0500203806 | scanned PDF | 79 MB

A short illustrated survey of the use of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s. The work of approximately 150 of the best-known artist-photographers are featured: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Richard Billingham, Juergen Teller, Thomas Demand, Yinka Shonibare, Thomas Ruff, JeffWall, Wolfgang Tillmans, and many more. Themed chapters consider subjects such as narrative and storytelling in art photography, photographing the everyday and the insignificant, the use of photography in conceptual art, and the cool, detached, objective aesthetic prevalent in current art photography.

PS Not the best scan but usable