Lateness and longing : on the afterlife of photography / George Baker.
| Author/creator | Baker, George, 1970- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | xiii, 432 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Abakanowicz arts and culture collection Abakanowicz arts and culture collection. ^A1461689 |
| Contents | Introduction: Lateness and longing -- You see I am here after all: Zoe Leonard -- Film and other fatigues I: Tacita Dean -- Film and other fatigues II: Tacita Dean -- The photographic echo: Sharon Lockhart -- The absent photograph: Moyra Davey -- Afterword: late criticism. |
| Abstract | "Lateness and Longing explores the ongoing nostalgia and cultural longing for traditional photography--the kind that captures a fleeting moment in somebody's life in emulsion and lives on long after that person is gone. With digital innovations, many scholars are apt to declare traditional photography "dead," not just in terms of the documentary and emotional functions it has served but in its materiality as well. But the analog has never gone away, Baker argues, rooted as it is in our understanding of time, history, home, mortality. This book examines the renewed curiosity about the material photograph through the work of four contemporary artists, all women: Tacita Dean, Moyra Davey, Zoe Leonard, and Sharon Lockhart. Baker draws on their practices to build a meditation on photography and its kin as aesthetic instruments for reflection, loss, nostalgia, desire, history, and "lateness.""-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2022006313 |
| ISBN | 9780226035116 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0226035115 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | TR642 .B336 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |