Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
Nov 17, 2015
Publisher
Lannoo
ISBN-10
9401430004
ISBN-13
9789401430005
Description
Photography Inc. vertelt het verhaal van fotografie en de fotografische industrie, vanaf de beginjaren tot nu. Aanvankelijk is de fotografie een ambacht en is een foto een luxeartikel. Later wordt het een massaproduct voor een breed publiek. In dat proces gaan automatisering, commercie en consumptie hand in hand. Fabrikanten willen een antwoord bieden op de veranderende eisen van de klant: het moet steeds sneller, eenvoudiger en goedkoper.
Photography Inc. focust op kantelmomenten in de technologische geschiedenis van de fotografie en op de gevolgen voor de gebruiker. De publicatie neemt de wisselwerking tussen foto-industrie en fotograaf onder de loep. Speciale aandacht gaat naar de rol van het Antwerpse bedrijf Agfa-Gevaert in dit verhaal. Alle gepubliceerde foto's, camera's en objecten komen bovendien uit de FOMU-collectie.
William Henry Fox Talbot, Louis Ghémar, Willy Kessels, Edouard Wettstein, Robert Doisneau, Joseph-Ernest Buschmann, Nadar, André-Adolphe-Eugene Disdéri, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Robert Burley, Weegee, Erich Salomon, David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson en anderen illustreren de evolutie van de fotografie.
Photography Inc. relates the story of photography and the photography industry from its earliest days to the present. Photography began as a craft. A photograph was a luxury item. Later, it became a mass product for a democratic market. Automation, commerce and consumers all played their part. Manufacturers followed their customer's lead: the demand was for equipment that was faster, simpler and cheaper.
Photography Inc. focuses on defining moments in photography's history, the impact of technological developments on the user and the interface between the photographer and the industry. Particular attention is paid to the role played by the Belgian company Agfa-Gevaert. All photographs, cameras and other objects reproduced in these pages belong to the collection of FOMU - Fotomuseum province of Antwerp.
The book traces the contributions to the evolution of photography of a number of individuals, including William Henry Fox Talbot, Louis Ghémar, Willy Kessels, Edouard Wettstein, Robert Doisneau, Joseph-Ernest Buschmann, Nadar, André-Adolphe-Eugene Disdéri, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Robert Burley, Weegee, Erich Salomon, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson.
Text in Dutch and English
Photography Inc. focust op kantelmomenten in de technologische geschiedenis van de fotografie en op de gevolgen voor de gebruiker. De publicatie neemt de wisselwerking tussen foto-industrie en fotograaf onder de loep. Speciale aandacht gaat naar de rol van het Antwerpse bedrijf Agfa-Gevaert in dit verhaal. Alle gepubliceerde foto's, camera's en objecten komen bovendien uit de FOMU-collectie.
William Henry Fox Talbot, Louis Ghémar, Willy Kessels, Edouard Wettstein, Robert Doisneau, Joseph-Ernest Buschmann, Nadar, André-Adolphe-Eugene Disdéri, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Robert Burley, Weegee, Erich Salomon, David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson en anderen illustreren de evolutie van de fotografie.
Photography Inc. relates the story of photography and the photography industry from its earliest days to the present. Photography began as a craft. A photograph was a luxury item. Later, it became a mass product for a democratic market. Automation, commerce and consumers all played their part. Manufacturers followed their customer's lead: the demand was for equipment that was faster, simpler and cheaper.
Photography Inc. focuses on defining moments in photography's history, the impact of technological developments on the user and the interface between the photographer and the industry. Particular attention is paid to the role played by the Belgian company Agfa-Gevaert. All photographs, cameras and other objects reproduced in these pages belong to the collection of FOMU - Fotomuseum province of Antwerp.
The book traces the contributions to the evolution of photography of a number of individuals, including William Henry Fox Talbot, Louis Ghémar, Willy Kessels, Edouard Wettstein, Robert Doisneau, Joseph-Ernest Buschmann, Nadar, André-Adolphe-Eugene Disdéri, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Robert Burley, Weegee, Erich Salomon, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson.
Text in Dutch and English
Genres
History
Art & Photography