Seaside photographed
Williams, Val, 1949-2019
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How has the seaside been photographed? From the roaring waves of the nineteenth century through the reportage of the 1960s and the critical documentary of the 80s and 90s, to what is perhaps the more intimate work of the last ten years. No-one can tell it exactly the way it is. We all have a vision of the seaside which is uniquely our own. Memories, false and real, are aided and abetted by photography, a unique, fascinating, but in the end unreliable source of evidence. And time changes everything. What remains are a set of substantial fragments, thoughts along the way, obsessions, records, constructions, journeys. Ours for the taking.
Main title:
Seaside photographed / Val Williams, Karen Shepherdson.
Author:
Williams, Val, 1949-, authorShepherdson, K. J. (Karen J.), authorTurner Contemporary (Arts organization : Margate, England), host institutionJohn Hansard Gallery, host institutionGrundy Art Gallery, host institutionExchange (Gallery : Penzance, England), host institution
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name held at Turner Contemporary, Margate, 25th May-8th September, 2019; John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 25th January-22nd March, 2020; Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, 4th April-20th June, 2020; Newlyn Art Gallery and the Exchange, Newlyn, 11th July-3rd October, 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780500022061 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1286623