Acting the Part : Photography as TheatreTools Pauli, Lori; Weiss, Marta; Thomas, Ann; Henry, Karen. Acting the Part : Photography as Theatre. Ottawa, Ont.: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada / National Gallery of Canada; London, England: Merrell Publishers, 2006.
Abstract (English)"Since the earliest days of photography, artists have directed models posing before the camera and, through the use of theatrical props, costumes, and lighting, have created "staged" photographs that tell a story. Acting the Part is the first major history of this enduring and highly creative branch of photography. Analysing key works, from Hippolyte Bayard's 1840's self-depiction as a suicide by drowning to Man Ray's 1923 portrait of Marcel Duchamp posing as his alter ego Rrose Sélavy, Cincy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills of the 1970's and Yinka Shonibare's 1998 Diary of a Victorian Dandy, it traces the genre from its mid-nineteenth-century origins to the present day" -- p.[4] of cover. Edit this item (login required):
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