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Light, paper, process, reinventing photography, Virginia Heckert ; technical notes by Marc Harnly and Sarah Freeman

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Light, paper, process, reinventing photography, Virginia Heckert ; technical notes by Marc Harnly and Sarah Freeman

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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non fiction

Main title

Light, paper, process

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bibliography

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892212974

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Virginia Heckert ; technical notes by Marc Harnly and Sarah Freeman

Sub title

reinventing photography

Summary

From its beginnings in experimentation by mid-19th century scientists and gentlemen of leisure, photography has been shaped by the desire to understand and explore the medium's essential materials. Taking that spirit of invention and discovery as its point of departure, this exhibition features the work of seven artists--Matthew Brandt, Marco Breuer, John Chiara, Chris McCaw, Lisa Oppenheim, Alison Rossiter, and James Welling--who focus their investigations on the light sensitivity and chemical processing of photographic papers, challenging us to see the medium anew. The exhibition also includes an overview of experimental practices during the twentieth century, drawn from the Getty Museum's collection. The works on view in Light, Paper, Process provide a glimpse into the continued interrogation and reinvention of the medium of photography by artists working today

Table Of Contents

The photograph as assisted readymade / Alison Rossiter -- Photography in the present tense / Marco Breuer -- The given-ness of photographic materials / James Welling -- Illuminating the past with the light of the present / Lisa Oppenheim -- The immediacy of the burn / Chris McCaw -- Part photography, part event, part sculpture / John Chiara -- Hunter-gatherer meets mad scientist / Matthew Brandt

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