Brush & Shutter – Early Photography in China
Posted: February 1st, 2011 | No Comments »Brush and Shutter: Early Photography in China is a new book of images edited by Jeffrey Cody and Frances Terpak. Most of the photographs are familiar though the discussion of their additions of their own brushwork to the photographic images is interesting. If you have a lot of books of old photos of China you might want to scan through this one first to make sure you’re not simply repeating what you already have.
More details and some photos in a pdf: Brush&Shutter_FINAL_brochure[1]
– Explores the introduction of photography to China and the cultural shifts that heralded the technology’s arrival.
- Features works by unknown photographers from the 1840s, showing how Chinese artists grafted their own brushwork on photographed images.
– Looks below the surface of the exposed photographic print to consider the often-obscured realities associated with portraiture, landscapes, and panoramas.
– Includes enjoyable, thought provoking essays which offer some surprising conclusions.
Jeffrey W. Cody is a senior project specialist in the Education Department at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles.
Frances Terpak is curator of photographs at the Getty Research Institute.
Chinese edition coming in June 2011.
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