About Face (Exhibition Catalog) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0983991723 ISBN 13: 9780983991724

Publisher: Pier 24 Photography, 2013

Synopsis

his exhibition catalog features a 137 selected photographs that were presented at Pier 24 Photography within the exhibition About Face. Included in this exhibition catalog are three original essays by leading scholars on photography. About Face, focuses on the tradition of portrait-based photography. Nearly thousand photographs drawn primarily from the Pilara Foundation's permanent collection were exhibited from May 15th, 2012 - April 30th, 2013. The exhibition encompasses wide-ranging approaches to portraiture from the mid-nineteenth century to present-day, providing a context within which to consider the unique dynamic between the subject, photographer and viewer. With over 100 photographers presented in About Face, the exhibition takes a close look at works by Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Lee Friedlander, Jim Goldberg, Nan Goldin, Richard Learoyd, August Sander, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Larry Sultan, Gillian Wearing and Liu Zheng among others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pier 24 Photography
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0983991723
• ISBN 13: 9780983991724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Editor: Seth Curcio