Uncertain Images: Museums and the Work of Photographs
Author | : Professor Elizabeth Edwards |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014-11-28 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 140946489X |
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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, drawn from curators and academics, reflect a range of visual and museological expertise. The volume emerges from PhotoCLEC, a HERA funded project on museums and the photographic legacy of the colonial past in a postcolonial and multicultural Europe.