Drawing on a diverse collection of historical and contemporary photographs held by Bank Austria and on display at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Focus on Photography provides a rich visual record of the history of photography. The photographs reproduced here date from the 1840s to the 1970s and include works by Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, André Kertész, Josef Sudek, Eadweard Muybridge, Alexander Rodchenko, Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus, and Arnulf Rainer, among others, and range from landscapes and portraits to cutting-edge modern compositions. Together, they offer readers a series of invaluable reference points for thinking about of the important trends and developments throughout the history of photography.
A stunning, kaleidoscopic portfolio featuring nearly two centuries of photographic art with representation from among many major movements and figures, Focus on Photography will be welcomed by all with an interest in this powerful medium.
Table of Contents
Toni Stooss
From the Bank to the Museum: A Foreword
Anna Auer
The Fotografis Collection. A Reflection
Simone Förster
Capturing the View and the Acceleration of Images: The Beginnings of Photography in the Nineteenth Century
Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Lewis Carroll, Nadar, Julia Margaret Cameron, Maxime Du Camp, Francis Frith, Felice and Antonio Beato, Alvin Langdon Colburn, Eugène Atget, Arthur Benda
Ulrich Pohlmann
“The Images have Interioity.” Art-Photography Portraits Between Traditional and Renewal
Edward Steichen, Heinrich Kühn, Madame d’Ora, Trude Fleischmann
Vladimír Birgus
Czech Photography before World War Two
Drahomír Josef Růžička, František Drtikol, Jaroslav Rössler, Hugo Táborský, Karel Novák, Jaromir Funke, Josef Sudek
Uwe M. Schneede
The Revolution of Images. Surrealist Image Inventions
Alexander Rodtschenko, László Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, André Kertész, Francis Joseph Brugière, Herbert Bayer, Raoul Hausmann
Margit Zuckreigl
Discerning Reality. The Photography of New Objectivity
Heinz Loew, Xanti Schawinsky, Otto Steinert, Werner Mantz, Karl Blossfeldt, Carl Strüwe, Freidrich Seidenstücker, August Sander, Albert Renger-Patszsch, Jan Lukas, Kitty Hoffman, Lothar Rübelt, Bernd and Hilla Becher
Walter Moser
Formative Moments. On American Photography in the Fotografis Collection
Ernest Joseph Bellocq, Lewis Hine, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Paul Outerbridge, Beaumont Newhall, Weegee, Margaret Bourke-White, Walker Evans, Elliott Erwitt, Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Judy Dater, Duane Michals, Les Krims, Ron Stark
Walter Guadagnini
Back to the Future. The Fotografis Collection en Route to the Present
Horst P. Horst, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mario Giacomelli, Verena von Gagern, Werner H. Mraz, Christian Wachter, Sepp Dreissinger, Manfred Willmann, Arnulf Rainer, VALIE EXPORT
Appendix
Index of Reproduced Works
Authors
Acknowledgements
Photo Credits
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