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Autophoto : cars & photography, 1900 to now.

"Autophoto explores photography's longstanding and generative relationship to the automobile. Since its invention, the automobile has reshaped our landscape, extended our geographic horizons and radically altered our conception of space and time, influencing the practice of photographers w...

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Corporate Authors: Fondation Cartier; Editions Xavier Barral; Offsetdruckerei Karl Grammlich
Published: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain,
Publisher Address: Paris, France :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
French
Subjects:
Photography of automobiles > 20th century > Exhibitions
Photography of automobiles > 21st century > Exhibitions
Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions
Photography, Artistic > 21st century > Exhibitions
Photography > 20th century > Exhibitions
Photography > 21st century > Exhibitions
Automobiles in art > 20th century > Exhibitions
Automobiles in art > 21st century > Exhibitions
Automobiles > Social aspects > 20th century > Exhibitions
Automobiles > Social aspects > 21st century > Exhibitions
Summary: "Autophoto explores photography's longstanding and generative relationship to the automobile. Since its invention, the automobile has reshaped our landscape, extended our geographic horizons and radically altered our conception of space and time, influencing the practice of photographers worldwide. The book shows how the car provided photographers with new subject matter and a new way of exploring the world. Capturing formal qualities such as the geometric design of roadways or reflections in a rear view mirror, photographers invite us to look at the world of the automobile in a new way. Aut
Item Description: "This catalog was published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Autophoto', presented at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris from April 20 to September 24, 2017."
Carrier Form: 463 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, photographs ; 27 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-452).
ISBN: 9782869251311 (hardback) :
2869251319 (hardback)
Index Number: TR716
CLC: J439.9
Call Number: J439.9/A939
Contents: Autophoto / Xavier Barral and Phillippe Séclier -- Photomobile landscapes / Marc Desportes -- Drive-by shooting / Simon Baker -- Motor City madness / Nancy W. Barr -- In praise of the photographic accident / Clément héroux -- Interview with Alain Proust -- Interview with Jean Todt -- Becoming one / Pascal Ory -- Sheltered from the wind and rain. A brief history of automobile design / Alain Bublex.

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