Thinking the Photobook: A Practical Guide
Bettina Lockemann
Hatje Cantz
English
Softcover
160 pages
140 x 210 mm
2022
ISBN 9783775752725
The photobook visually and materially contextualises arrangements of photographs and brings them into a sensually tangible form. The book format, the materiality of the paper, and the type of binding have just as much of an effect on the viewer as the selection of images, their positioning in the layout, typography, and the texts. The artist and theorist Bettina Lockemann provides an approach to the medium from a research perspective: considering the photobook as an independent subject of art theories, her phenomenological discussion complements methodological lines of thought. An important contribution to the photobook as an independent field of research, Lockemann elaborates precise terms for analysing this medium. Through a practice-based examination of contemporary photobooks, this guide emphasises the status of the photobook as an artwork in its own right.
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About the Author
Bettina Lockemann (b. 1971) is an artist and scholar specialised in artistic documentary photography. After studying art photography and media art in Leipzig and earning a PhD in art history at the ABK Stuttgart she was professor for practice and theory of photography at the HBK Braunschweig for five years. She lives in Cologne.
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About the Publisher
Hatje Cantz is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design. It was established in 1945 by Gerd Hatje and has offices in Stuttgart and Berlin. Hatje Cantz Verlag has a backlist of nearly 800 titles.
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