Magicians of Light : Photographs from the Collection of the National Gallery of Canada

Borcoman, James. Magicians of Light : Photographs from the Collection of the National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Ont.: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada / National Gallery of Canada, 1993.

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Abstract (English)

Stressing photography's role as collective visual memory, Borcoman recalls the orientations and history of the National Gallery of Canada's photographic collections. A biographical and descriptive note accompanies each of the 117 works reproduced. Glossary of photographic techniques. Bibl. 8 p.

Types:	Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors:	Borcoman, James (Curator); Borcoman, James (Author); Thompson, Shirley L. (Prefacer)
Dossier:	351 - MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DU CANADA / NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA (Ottawa)
Collation:	296 p. : 120 ill. (6 col.) ; 29 x 24 cm
ISBN:	0888846274
Language of Publication:	English
Publishers:	Ottawa, Ont.: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada / National Gallery of Canada
Artists:	Abbott, Berenice; Adams, Ansel; Adams, Robert; Adamson, Robert; Arbus, Diane; Bayer, Herbert; Beaton, Cecil; BRASSAI (Gyula Halasz); Bruehl, Anton; Callahan, Harry; Coburn, Alvin Langdon; Cohen, Lynne; Coplans, John; Engel, Morris; Evans, Walker; Frank, Robert; Friedlander, Lee; Hajek-Halke, Heinz; Heartfield, John; Heath, Dave; Hosoe, Eikoh; Ignatovich, Boris; Karsh, Yousuf; Kertesz, Andre; Kesting, Edmund; Lyons, Joan; Lyons, Nathan; Man Ray; Marien, Marcel; Mehedin, Leon-Eugene; Mertin, Roger; Model, Lisette; Moholy, Lucia; Ponti, Carlo; Renger-Patzsch, Albert; Renner, Eric; Ross, Judith Joy; Rudomine, Albert; Siskind, Aaron; Steichen, Edward; Steiner, Ralph; Strand, Paul; Sudek, Josef; Tabard, Maurice; Uelsmann, Jerry N.; Watkins, Margaret; WEEGEE (Arthur H. Fellig); Wells, Alice; White, Minor; Witkin, Joel-Peter; Wood, John
Critics / Curators / Historians:	Borcoman, James
Art Organizations:	Exhibition Centres > Canada > Ontario > National Gallery Of Canada (Ottawa)
Event Statement:	Exhibition dates: 18 June - 6 Sept. 1993, National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).
Keywords:	PHOTOGRAPHY; NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION (Ottawa); ANDRIEU, JULES; ANNAN, THOMAS; ATGET, EUGENE; BABBITT, PLATT D.; BALDUS, EDOUARD; BARNARD, GEORGE N.; BEATO, FELICE; BELL, WILLIAM; BIEWEND, HERMAN CARL EDUARD; BOUGHTON, ALICE M.; BOURNE, SAMUEL; BURKE, JOHN; CAMERON, JULIA MARGARET; CANEVA, GIACOMO; CARJAT, ETIENNE; CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI; CUNDALL, JOSEPH; DELAMOTTE, PHILIP HENRY; DU CAMP, MAXIME; ELISSON, GEORGE WILLIAM; EMERSON, PETER, HENRY; ENGLAND, WILLIAM; EVANS, FREDERICK H.; EYNARD-LULLIN, JEAN-GABRIEL; FENTON, ROGER; FRITH, FRANCIS; FUNKE, JAROMIR; GARDNER, ALEXANDER; GREENE, JOHN BEASLY; GROSSMAN, SID; HAVILAND, PAUL B.; HENDERSON, ALEXANDER; HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS; HIME, HUMPHREY LLOYD; HINE, LEWIS WICKES; KASEBIER, GERTRUDE; KNOX, DAVID; KUHN, HEINRICH; LE BLONDEL, A.; LE GRAY, GUSTAVE; MACPHERSON, ROBERT; MARVILLE, CHARLES; MOULIN, FELIX JACQUES; MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD; NEGRE, CHARLES; NOTMAN, WILLIAM; O'SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY H.; OUTERBRIDGE, PAUL; OWEN, HUGH; RODCHENKO, ALEXANDER; SALZMANN, AUGUSTE; SANDER, AUGUST; SOMMER, FREDERICK; STIEGLITZ, ALFRED; TALBOT, WILLIAM HENRY FOX; TEYNARD, FELIX; THOMSON, JOHN; TURNER, BENJAMIN BRECKNELL; W.L.H. SKEEN & Co.; WEED, CHARLES LEANDER; WESTON, EDWARD
Notes:	Also published in French under the title: "Magiciens de la lumière".
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Date Deposited:	08 Feb 1994
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2012 13:41
URI:	http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/6265

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