Uncertain Images - Museums and the Work of Photographs

"Almost all museums hold photographs in their collections, and museum professionals and their audiences engage with photographs in a myriad of ways. Yet despite some three decades of critical museology and photographic theory, and an extensive debate on the politics of representation, outside art museums, almost no critical attention has been given specifically to the roles, purposes and lives of these photographs within museums"--Provided by publisher.

List of contents

List of Figures, Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, The Affective Photograph, Curatorial Strategies 1: Working Images, Curatorial Strategies 2: Photographi Art Works, Curatorial Strategies 3: Contested Stories, Working In The Real World, Digital Environments and Photograph Collections, Index

Summary

This book brings into focus the ubiquitous yet entirely unconsidered work that photographs are put to in museums. The authors' argument is that there is an economy of photographs in museums which is integral to the processes of the museum, and integral to the understanding of museums. The international contributors.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Edwards, Elizabeth (EDT)/ Lien Edwards, Elizabeth Lien Edwards, Sigrid Lien, Lien Sigrid
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2014
• EAN: 9781409464891
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-6489-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Photography & photographs, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, ART / Museum Studies, PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Photographs: collections, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Library & Information Sciences, Photography and photographs, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Library and information sciences / Museology