AMC2 Journal
Issue 4 : Collected Shadows
Archive of Modern Conflict
AMC Books
English
Softcover
138 pages
200 x 230 mm
2012
ISSN 20484135
Cross-cultural and transhistorical, Collected Shadows combines images of earth, air, fire, water, divinity, astrology, flight and portraiture, creating associations between the elements, the cosmos and humanity.
Spanning the history of the medium from the 1850s to the present day, Collected Shadows displays a great variety of photographic techniques from early albumen prints and cyanotypes to silver gelatin prints and polaroids. Cross-cultural as well as trans-historical, this hugely diverse selection includes press images of major historical events, such as aerial photographs of war and an atomic bomb trial in Tahiti in 1970, astronomical images such as Victorian studies of the surface of the moon and early-twentieth-century photographs of comets, early ethnographic images, film stills, and personal snapshots. “The areas covered in this show are more than eclectic,” writes curator Timothy Prus, “In one moment we will be in the Pacific Ocean of the 19th century and the next in outer space. African kings rub shoulders with 19th-century botanical images printed in the beguiling cyanotype blue. Icebergs sit next to studies of cabbage leaves. Still, the salon style hang establishes connections between these most disparate worlds.”
“The areas covered in this show are more than eclectic,” writes curator Timothy Prus, “In one moment we will be in the Pacific Ocean of the 19th century and the next in outer space. African kings rub shoulders with 19th-century botanical images printed in the beguiling cyanotype blue. Icebergs sit next to studies of cabbage leaves. Still, the salon style hang establishes connections between these most disparate worlds.”
About the Magazine
AMC2 Journal is a magazine run by The Archive of Modern Conflict. Issues are published intermittently, each printed in a different format. The magazine was first issued in 2011 and most recently in 2018.
(source: https://archiveofmodernconflict.com/about-us/)
About the Publisher
The Archive of Modern Conflict is an organisation dedicated to the collection and preservation of vernacular photographs, objects, artefacts, curiosities, and ephemera. Founded in 1991, the archive began as a collection of photographs relating to war and conflict but has since expanded its remit to become the vast and thematically diverse repository it is today. They have produced and published over thirty books, often collaborating with photographers and artists such as Stephen Gill, Cristina de Middel, Thomas Mailaender, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, and Don McCullin.
archiveofmodernconflict.com
(source: https://archiveofmodernconflict.com/about-us/)
