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The radical eye : modernist photography from the Sir Elton John collection

Title

The radical eye : modernist photography from the Sir Elton John collection / edited by Simon Baker and Shoair Mavlian with Newell Harbin ; with contributions from Sir Elton John, Dawn Ades, Samuel Glanville, Jane Jackson, Emma Lewis and Zmira Zilkha.

Publication

New York, New York : Aperture Foundation, 2016.
©2016

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Description

247 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, photographs; 30 cm

Summary

Elton John's truly remarkable collection of international modernist photography stems from personal passion: since 1991, he has amassed more than two thousand photographs, which include key figures from Europe and America alongside many of the foremost photographers from Japan, Eastern Europe and Latin America. This book draws together the finest works from 1920 to 1950, a period that is widely considered to be photography's 'coming of age', a time of great experimentation and innovation when artists pushed the boundaries of the medium. New Vision refers to the term coined by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy in the mid 1920s to describe the way photography could be used to see the world through a modern lens. As new technology developed, it allowed the freedom both to experiment and to record, leading to new developments such as photograms, typographics and the bird's- and worm's eye views. This period also encompassed key avant-garde movements of the 20th century in which photography played a central role - dada, surrealism, the Bauhaus and Russian constructivism.vWith over 150 illustrations, an interview with Elton John exploring the motivations behind his collecting, and essays looking at the photographs within the history of modernism and an exploration of the impact of technical innovations on the form, New Vision will introduce a new audience to this unique body of work and provide an indispensable resource to those who are already fans of the period.

Alternative Title

Modernist photography from the Sir Elton John collection

Subjects

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
Photobooks.

Note

"First published 2016 by order of the Tate Trustees by Tate Publishing ... London ... on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection,' Tate Modern, London, 10 November 2016-7 May 2017"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index.

Language (note)

Text in English.

Call Number

JQG 17-318

ISBN

9781597113861
1597113867
9781597113908
1597113905

LCCN

2016949526

OCLC

956694031

Title

Publisher

New York, New York : Aperture Foundation, 2016.

Copyright Date

Edition

First Aperture edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index.

Event

Exhibition, "The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection" : November 10, 2016-May 7, 2017, Tate Modern, London, England, United Kingdom.

Language

Text in English.

Place of Publication

United States New York New York.

Added Author

Baker, Simon, 1972- editor.

Mavlian, Shoair, editor.

Harbin, Newell, editor.

John, Elton, contributor.

John, Elton, interviewee.

Ades, Dawn, contributor.

Glanville, Samuel, contributor.

Jackson, Jane, 1961- contributor.

Lewis, Emma, contributor.

Zilkha, Zmira, contributor.

Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution.

Aperture Foundation, publisher.

Research Call Number

JQG 17-318

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