Oscar G. Rejlander : artist photographer / Lori Pauli ; with essays by Jordan Bear, Karen Hellman and Phillip Prodger.

A fascinating survey of the varied career of an inventive and influential 19th-century photographer, from allegorical montage to Darwin's catalogue of emotions. Oscar G. Rejlander (1813-1875) was a Swedish-born photographer who pioneered the genre of art photography. He is best known for combining n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pauli, Lori (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Gallery of Canada (Issuing body, Publisher, Organizer, Host institution)
Canadian Photography Institute (Issuing body, Publisher, Organizer)
J. Paul Getty Museum (Host institution)
Other Authors: Bear, Jordan (Contributor)
Hellman, Karen (Contributor)
Prodger, Phillip (Contributor)
Rejlander, O. G. (Oscar Gustav), 1813-1875
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, [2018]
Subjects:
Rejlander, Oscar Gustav, > 1813-1875 > Expositions.
Rejlander, O. G. > (Oscar Gustav), > 1813-1875 > Exhibitions.
Rejlander, O. G. > (Oscar Gustav), > 1813-1875 > Criticism and interpretation.
Rejlander, O. G. > (Oscar Gustav), > 1813-1875 > Themes, motives.
Rejlander, O. G. > (Oscar Gustav), > 1813-1875.
Photographie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle > Expositions.
Photographie artistique > Expositions.
Photography > Great Britain > History > 19th century > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > 19th century > Exhibitions.
Black-and-white photography > Great Britain > 19th century > Exhibitions.
Portrait photography > Great Britain > 19th century > Exhibitions.
Art and photography > Great Britain > History > 19th century > Exhibitions.
Art, Modern > 19th century.
Photography.
Photography, Artistic.
Great Britain.
1800-1899
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Photobooks.
Portraits.
History.
Genre:
Expositions.
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Photobooks.
Portraits.
History.
Physical Description:335 pages : illustrations (chiefly black-&-white), portraits, photographs, frontispiece ; 33 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • On becoming the father of art photography / Lori Pauli
  • The "plasticity" of Rejlander's studio / Karen Hellman
  • Collectors, copyists and collaborators: on Rejlander's relationships / Jordan Bear
  • Giving his body to science : Rejlander's photographs for Charles Darwin / Phillip Prodger
  • Plates
  • Chronology
  • List of plates
  • Bibliography
  • Index.