The Chinese photobook : from the 1900s to the present /
Publisher: New York : Aperture, [2015]Description: 447 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 34 cmISBN:- 9781597112284 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1597112283 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 770.951 23
- TR101 .C45 2015
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library Oversize | General | Oversize TR 15 CHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Use in Library Only - Not for Loan | 0010714 |
Published to accompany the exhibition: The Chinese photobook, co-produced with Les Recontres d'Arles, Arles, France, held July 7 - Sept 21 2014; Aperture Gallery, New York, Feb 11 - April 2, 2015; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, April 4- May 31, 2015; The Photographers' Gallery, London, April 17 - July 5, 2015.
From Empire to the People's Republic of China, 1900-1949 -- Manchuria and the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 -- The image of a new China, 1945-1966 -- State publishing: the Cultural Revolution and beyond, 1966-present -- The renaissance of Chinese photography, 1979-present -- Hong Long and Taiwan, 1949-present -- Global perspectives on China, 1949-present -- Abridged timelines (Modern history of China ; Modern history of Hong Kong ; Modern history of Taiwan).
In the last decade there has been a major reappraisal of the role and status of the photobook within the history of photography. Newly revised histories of photography as recorded via the photobook have added enormously to our understanding of the mediums culture, particularly in places that are often marginalized, such as Latin America and Africa. However, until now, only a handful of Chinese books have made it onto historians short lists. Yet China has a fascinating history of photobook publishing, and 'The Chinese Photobook' reveals the richness and diversity of this heritage.