It started in the 1970s with a group of artists seeking to reengage the physical facts of photography, its materials and processes, by turning to the history of photography for metaphors, technical information, and visual inspiration. By the 1980s it had become a movement with a fervent following. And now, for the first time in book form, Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde charts this full-blown rebellion of contemporary photographers against the advent of digital technology and their reversion to photographic methods used in the nineteenth century. The photographers in this volume are from all over the world and use a wide array of processes. Among the artists and methods featured are Adam Fuss's Cibachrome photograms, Jayne Hinds Bidaut's tintypes, Jerry Spagnoli's daguerreotypes, Gabor Kerekes's carbon dichromates, and Laurent Millet's toned silver prints. An interview with Sally Mann about her collodion prints and a statement written by Chuck Close about his work with the daguerreotypes give the reader a clear sense of what has driven them to pursue these long-obsolete processes. The book is completed by a glossary of technical terms to enhance the reader's understanding of the technical aspects of each process.

Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde: The New Wave in Old Processes

Lyle Rexer

History

Harry N. Abrams

First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 250 hand-numbered copies, this being copy number 226. (Copies 1-200 were retained for the exclusive use of the Harold Greenberg Gallery). Hardcover. Custom-designed paper-covered boards, based on Frantisek Drtikol's photograph "Thorns," designed by Michael Torosian and printed in 10 micron stochastic four-color offset lithography on 100% rag Somerset paper; with Asahi Japanese cloth-covered spine and paper title label, no dust jacket as issued; contained in a terra cotta mould made paper-covered slipcase. Photographs by Edward Steichen, Karl Struss, W. Eugene Smith, Lewis Hine, Dave Heath, Sid Grossman, Walker Evans, Consuelo Kanaga, Leon Levinstein, Dorothea Lange, Jan Lauschmann, Les Krims, Enrique Aznar, Roman Vishniac, Ruth Orkin, Weegee, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Julia Margaret Cameron, Frantisek Drtikol, Garry Winogrand, Bruce Davidson, Ted Croner, Roy DeCarava, Saul Leiter and William Klein. Essay by Lyle Rexer. Photographs selected and annotated by Harold Greenberg. Edited with an introduction by Michael Torosian. Includes a chronology of exhibitions held at the Harold Greenberg Gallery. Design, composition, presswork and binding by Michael Torosian. 104 pp., with 26 tipped-in plates exquisitely printed using 10 micron stochastic four-color offset lithography on Utopia Premium paper. Each plate is bordered in a matt grey ink and varnished. Digital scans by Laumont, with offset printing by C.J. Graphics, Inc., Printers and Lithographers. Text composed in Kennerley Old Style on an Intertype Model C4; with additional Parsons display typeface. Printed letterpress on a Vandercook Universal III press on Nideggen mold-made paper. Book measures 11-1/2 x 8-3/16 inches; slipcase is 11-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches.

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