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Cover of Pictorialisterne
First published
2020
Publisher
Forlaget Wunderbuch
Pages
179 pages
ISBN
8793557310

Pictorialisterne

The outer archives are busy

by Tove Hansen Thage

About this book

The Pictorialists. A photographic art outside the academies' is the first presentation of the earliest Danish art photography, pictorialism: an ambiguous, evocative, intimate symbolist world of images created in the period 1890 to 1920. The book is the result of several years of research into an overlooked period of Danish photographic history. Pictorialism is described as photography's' second birth 'by virtue of the photographers' serious, artistically conscious preoccupation with the medium. It was a generation of artistically ambitious photographers with high ideals and passion for photography. In an international environment, they arranged exhibitions at home and abroad, and in the photographic amateur clubs, they educated themselves and sought out the latest knowledge about the technology and aesthetics of the medium. 'The Pictorialists. A photographic art outside the academies' uncovers an overlooked chapter in Danish photographic history and presents the pictorialists' serious and conscious work with photography, their thoughts on its uniqueness and artistic potential - in their own words. The book reproduces 45 representative examples of pictorialists' photographs, and it concludes with an essay by graphic artist and photographer Eli Ponsaing on photography as graphics and art. Tove Thage (b. 1950), master of arts and master's degree, photography historian and author of books and essays on Danish photography and art history based on source studies in Danish collections and archives. Pictorialisterne. En fotografisk kunst uden for akademierne' er den første præsentation af det tidligste danske kunstfotografi, pictorialismen: en flertydig, stemningsfuld, intim symbolistisk billedverden skabt i perioden 1890 til 1920. Bogen er resultat af flere års forskning i en overset periode af dansk fotografihistorie. Pictorialismen betegnes som fotografiets 'anden fødsel' i kraft af fotografernes seriøse, kunstnerisk bevidste beskæftigelse med mediet. Det var en generation af kunstnerisk ambitiøse fotografer med høje idealer og passion for fotografi. I et internationalt miljø arrangerede de udstillinger i ind- og udland, og i de fotografiske amatørklubber skolede de sig selv og opsøgte den nyeste viden om mediets teknologi og æstetik. 'Pictorialisterne. En fotografisk kunst uden for akademierne' afdækker et overset kapitel i den danske fotografihistorie og fremlægger pictorialisternes seriøse og bevidste arbejde med fotografiet, deres tanker om dets egenart og kunstneriske potentiale - med deres egne ord. I bogen gengives 45 repræsentative eksempler på pictorialisternes fotografier, og den afsluttes med et essay af grafiker og fotograf Eli Ponsaing om fotografi som grafik og kunst. Tove Thage (f. 1950), mag.art og cand.mag, fotografihistoriker og forfatter til bøger og essays om dansk foto- og kunsthistorie baseret på kildestudier i danske samlinger og arkiver.

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