Performing for the camera / edited by Simon Baker and Fiontán Moran ; with an essay by Jonah Westerman.

Performing for the camera' examines how the photograph has both documented and developed our understanding of performance since the invention of the photographic medium. It engages with both the serious business of art and performance and the humour and improvisation of posing for the camera. Featur...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Tate Modern (Gallery) (Host institution)
Other Authors: Baker, Simon, 1972- (Editor)
Moran, Fiontán (Editor)
Westerman, Jonah (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:English
Published: London : Tate Publishing, 2016.
Subjects:
Art and photography > Exhibitions.
Performing arts in art > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Art and photography.
Performing arts in art.
Photography, Artistic.
Fotografie.
Mensch.
Performance.
Pose.
1900-2099
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Performing for the camera / Simon Baker
  • Documenting performance
  • Staging/collaboration
  • Photographic actions
  • Performing icons
  • Public relations
  • Self/portrait
  • Performing real life
  • Between you and me: photographs of performance by Shunk-Kender 1960-1977 / Fiontán Moran
  • Original sin: performance, photography and self-knowledge / Jonah Westerman.