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He was co-founder of the organization Photoforum, which brings together theorists and practitioners working in the photographic arts. His published work includes essays in \u003ci\u003eRewriting Conceptual Art\u003c/i\u003e, ed. Jon Bird and Michael Newman (Reaktion, 1999); \u003ci\u003ePostcards on Photography: Photorealism and the Reproduction\u003c/i\u003e (Cambridge Darkroom, 1998); \u003ci\u003eCruel and Tender: the Real in the Twentieth Century Photograph\u003c/i\u003e (Tate, 2003) and \u003ci\u003eStillness and Time: Photography and the Moving Image\u003c/i\u003e (Photoforum/Photoworks, 2006). He is the editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Cinematic\u003c/i\u003e (Whitechapel/MIT Press, 2007) and the author of \u003ci\u003ePhotography and Film\u003c/i\u003e (Reaktion, 2007).\u003c/p\u003e","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cem\u003eArt and Photography\u003c/em\u003e is the first book of its kind to survey the major presence of photography at the centre of artistic practice from the 1960s onwards. On its invention, the photograph was considered a purely mechanical, an artless object that could not be included in the fine arts. Despite its increasing use by the twentieth century's most significant artists, only since the late 1960s have art museums gradually begun to exhibit and acquire the photograph as an artwork. Today photography is the pre-eminent artistic medium for contemporary artists.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurvey\u003c/b\u003e David Campany provides a comprehensive historical overview of photography's place in twentieth-century art history. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorks\u003c/b\u003e provides an extensive colour plate and duotone image section with extended captions for every artwork. Divided thematically, each chapter explores a different aspect of photography in twentieth-century culture, examining the diverse ways in which artists have explored and pushed boundaries.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAmong more than 190 examples of the most significant photographic projects by artists are works by John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Bernd \u0026amp; Hilla Becher, Christian Boltanski, Chris Burden, Victor Burgin, Sophie Calle, Elinor Carucci, Chuck Close, James Coleman, John Coplans, Gregory Crewdson, Philip Lorca DiCorcia, William Eggleston, Joan Fontcuberta, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, John Hilliard, Candida Höfer, Roni Horn, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Richard Long, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annette Messager, Joel Meyerowitz, Duane Michals, Boris Mikhailov, Richard Misrach, Gabriel Orozco, Giuseppe Penone, Richard Prince, Gerhard Richter, Martha Rosler, Georges Rousse, Thomas Ruff, Ed Ruscha, Lucas Samaras, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, Katharina Sieverding, Lorna Simpson, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Larry Sultan, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol, Gillian Wearing, Boyd Webb, Carrie Mae Weems, William Wegman and Francesca Woodman. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003eDocuments \u003c/b\u003econtextualises the Works with original artists' statements and interviews, often reproduced in book form for the first time, plus writings on art and photography by leading critics, writers and theorists of the late twentieth century.","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Presented thematically, with succinct texts that are both readable and informative, the book meets both academic and general needs, without ever compromising the images in display.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003ePictured\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Imagine the best group show of photographers you've ever seen. Now imagine it's a book. Campany skillfully curates the leading lights of post-1960 into a thematically arranged form with tempting essays by Barthes and Baudrillard into the bargain. It's a timely survey that aspires to be the document of record for the most exciting, universal and accessible art form we've got.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003ei-D\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Art and Photography... charts the acceptance of photography as an art form. Originally considered a mechanical process, photography is now one of the most widely practiced arts. Exploring developments from the Sixties to the present day, this beautiful book covers every major school, style and name, and includes work by the likes of Jeff Wall, Andreas Gursky and Gillian Wearing. The perfect family album.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Phaidon's Themes and Movements series seeks to provide the late 20th-century art history books of the future.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eArt Monthly\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","webShortDescription":"The first major survey of photography's place in recent art history."}