Photography against the grain : essays and photo works, 1973-1983

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Photography against the grain : essays and photo works, 1973-1983

Allan Sekula

MACK, c2016

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references

First edition published: Halifax, N.S., Canada : Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design , 1984

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Long out of print, this seminal collection of essays and photographs are by artist, theorist and filmmaker, Allan Sekula. Originally published by the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1984, in these essays and images Sekula sought to portray the inextricable bond between labour and material culture, drawing deeply on Marxist theory to argue passionately for a collective model of progress. Sekula taught at California Institute of Arts (CalArts) from 1985 until his death in 2013, and from that insider's position he critiqued photography and the circumstances of its production and consumption, exposing what the medium failed to represent - women, labourers, minorities and the institutional structures that reinforce cultural biases.

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  • NCID
    BB26652063
  • ISBN
    • 9781910164495
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [London]
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 259 p.
  • Size
    28 cm
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