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Autofocus: The Car in Photography (V&a Museum) - Hardcover

Weiss, Marta

 
9780500480526: Autofocus: The Car in Photography (V&a Museum)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0500480524 ISBN 13: 9780500480526
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2019

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Undeniably one of the most influential innovations of the modern world, the car has changed not only the way we live, but also the way we look at the world around us. From formal, compositional device to highly desirable, photogenic object, the car has a long and enduring appeal in modern and contemporary photography as revealed in this latest addition to the V&A Photography Library.AutofocusThis captivating album presents more than 100 photographs, alongside fascinating commentaries and an introduction, that span the early years of the automobile to the present day. For both photography and car-loving audiences, Autofocus illustrates the inexorable rise of the car as a cultural icon.

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Marta Weiss is Senior Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is an expert on nineteenth-century photography and has published widely on the subject.

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Undeniably one of the most influential innovations of the modern world, the car has revolutionized manufacturing and transformed how we move, forever changing our landscapes, cities, environments and economies. With each revolution, each transformation, have come almost unmatched impacts upon wider culture, changing not only the way we live, but the ways we look at and consider the world around us. The influence of the car upon photography and the work created by photographers since the early 20th century can be clearly traced through the V&A’s photography collection.

Autofocus explores the deep cultural significance and impact of the car on the history of photography, playing a role both as subject matter and as a genuine creative vehicle – the means by which photographers have accomplished many of their great works. Written by Marta Weiss, Curator of Photographs at the V&A, and published to coincide with the opening in October 2019 of the exhibition ‘Fantastic Automatic’, Autofocus presents over 100 photographs, supported by commentaries and an introduction of c. 1,500 words, that span from the early years of the automobile to the present day. For both photography and car-loving audiences, Autofocus illustrates the ascendance of the car as a cultural icon, and the ways in which it has shaped the world around and ahead of us.

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500480524
ISBN 13 
9780500480526
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
191
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