Conflict time photography / edited by Simon Baker and Shoair Mavlian.

Collection type Library
Author Baker, Simon, 1972-, author.; Baker, Simon, 1972-, editor.; Tate Britain (Gallery) host institution.;
Call Number PFS
Document type Monograph
Pagination 239 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 26 cm.
Note Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition Conflict, time, photography at The Eyal Ofer Galleries, Tate Modern, Britain, 26 November 2014-15 March 2015. Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-239) Concerns the relationship between photography and sites of conflict over time, as time itself is fundamental to the photographic medium. Included are a range of different perspectives which artists using cameras have brought to the conflicts that they have depicted over different passages of time. There are works made only moments or days after the event, those made week or months or years afterwards, and projects looking back 10, 20, 50, even 100 years. The subjects covered include conflicts from all ove r the world, in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, engaging with key themes of landscape, ruination, reconstruction, survival and the human cost of conflict.

Shelf Items

Barcode Call Suffix Volume Part Year Location Status
10736 Art ART Staff Use Only
10120 PFS Photographs Staff Use Only