PERFORMING FOR THE CAMERA

JONAH WESTERMAN, SIMON BAKER, FIONTANT MORAN
PERFORMING FOR THE CAMERA

Published by Tate Publishing, 2016
Book size 26.5 x 21.8 x 2 cm
Pages 240 pages
Softcover
Language English
ISBN 978 1 84976 400 1
Good condition

Performing for the Camera is a catalog of an exhibition held at the Tate Modern in London in 2016. The catalog is divided in  three different sections: the documentation of artistic performances and collaborations between a photographer and performers, portrait photography from an innovative perspective and photographers that have a strong performative element in their photographic practice. Performance has played an important part in photography since the beginning of photo history, it adds layer of humor and improvisation in the photographer's work. The book features around 300 works for instance from Yves Klein, Eikoh Hosoe, Lee Friedlander and Cindy Sherman. The catalog includes as well an essay by Jonah Westerman, taking a closer look philosophically into the relationship between performance and photography.

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Performing for the Camera is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Tate Modern in London in 2016. The catalogue is divided into three different sections: the documentation of artistic performances and collaborations between a photographer and performers, portrait photography from an innovative perspective and photographers who have a strong performative element in their photographic practice. Performance has played an important role in photography since the beginning of the history of photography, it adds a layer of humour and improvisation in the photographer's work. The book includes around 300 works, for example by Yves Klein, Eikoh Hosoe, Lee Friedlander and Cindy Sherman. The catalogue also includes an essay by Jonah Westerman, which takes a closer philosophical look at the relationship between performance and photography.