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Re/Trace-Formations of Likeness is The Walther Collection's first extensive publication to juxtapose photographs from diverse cultures, time periods and materialities, following its 15-year exhibition and publication program. This book includes portraiture, documentary and conceptual photographs by leading artists, together with vernacular and archival images. Interweaving a multitude of artistic positions from Africa, the Americas, Europe, Japan and China, it presents a global dialogue on the diverse paths of development taken by historical and contemporary image production. Drawing on photographic and video works from the extensive holdings of The Walther Collection, Re/Trace focuses on portraiture and the body, exposing the social, cultural and political constructions that shape not only our representations but also our identities and experiences. Exploring the featured works and concepts, Re/Trace presents new essays by Phillip Prodger, Steven Kasher, Natasha Bissonauth and Emmanuel Iduma, as well as previously published texts by Okwui Enwezor, Corinne Diserens, Tamar Garb, Brian Wallis, Daniela Yvonne Baumann, Joshua Chuang, Oluremi C. Onabanjo, Christopher Phillips and Simon Njami.
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The Walther Collection is a charitable art foundation dedicated to the critical understanding of historical and contemporary photography and related lens-based media. Through a dedicated program of international exhibitions, in-depth collecting, original research and scholarly publications, the collection aims to highlight the social uses of photography, and to expand the history of the medium. The Walther Collection's diverse activities are centered on its expansive holdings of photography and media art from Africa, China, Japan, Europe and America, as well as vernacular imagery from across the globe. Steidl's books with the collection include
Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity (2010),
Appropriated Landscapes (2011),
Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive (2013),
The Order of Things: Photography from The Walther Collection (2015),
Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art (2017),
Life and Dreams: Contemporary Chinese Photography and Media Art (2018), and
Imagining Everyday Life: Engagements with Vernacular Photography (2020).
Includes texts by Daniela Yvonne Baumann, Natasha Bissonauth, Joshua Chuang, Corinne Diserens, Okwui Enwezor, Tamar Garb, Emmanuel Iduma, Steven Kasher, Simon Njami, Oluremi C. Onabanjo, Christopher Phillips, Phillip Prodger, Anna Schneider and Brian Wallis.
Conversation between Tamar Garb and Renée Mussai.
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Re/Trace—Formations of Likeness is The Walther Collection’s first extensive publication to juxtapose photographs from diverse cultures, time periods and materialities, following its 15-year exhibition and publication program. This book includes portraiture, documentary and conceptual photographs by leading artists, together with vernacular and archival images. Interweaving a multitude of artistic positions from Africa, the Americas, Europe, Japan and China, it presents a global dialogue on the diverse paths of development taken by historical and contemporary image production. Drawing on photographic and video works from the extensive holdings of The Walther Collection, Re/Trace focuses on portraiture and the body, exposing the social, cultural and political constructions that shape not only our representations but also our identities and experiences. Exploring the featured works and concepts, Re/Trace presents new essays by Phillip Prodger, Steven Kasher, Natasha Bissonauth and Emmanuel Iduma, as well as previously published texts by Okwui Enwezor, Corinne Diserens, Tamar Garb, Brian Wallis, Daniela Yvonne Baumann, Joshua Chuang, Oluremi C. Onabanjo, Christopher Phillips and Simon Njami.
