The Materiality of Exhibition Photography in the Modernist Era: Form, Content, Consequence

by Laurie Taylor

This book challenges the status quo of the materiality of exhibited photographs, by considering examples from the early to mid-twentieth century, when photography's place in the museum was not only continually questioned but also continually redefined.

By taking this historical approach, Laurie Taylor demonstrates the ways in which materiality (as opposed to image) was used to privilege the exhibited photograph as either an artwork or as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367682796
• ISBN13: 9780367682798
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 140 Pages