The Shape of Things, 9781633450226
Hardcover
A survey that explores sixty photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Ranging from the contemporary artist Andreas Gursky to William Henry Fox Talbot, it tells the story of photography from its beginnings, but upend and newly illuminate that story through their arrangement in rev…

The Shape of Things

Photographs from Robert B. Menschel

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  • Hardcover

    152 pages

  • Release Date

    10 November 2016

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Summary

This survey explores sixty remarkable photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, all acquired with the support of Robert B. Menschel and meticulously selected for the book by the Museum’s Chief Curator of Photography, Quentin Bajac. Ranging from the contemporary artist Andreas Gursky to William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the medium’s founding figures, these works collectively tell the story of photography from its beginnings, but upend and newly illuminate that story through t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781633450226
ISBN-10:1633450228
Author:Quentin Bajac
Publisher:Museum of Modern Art
Imprint:Museum of Modern Art
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:152
Release Date:10 November 2016
Weight:1.07kg
Dimensions:210mm x 150mm x 22mm
About The Author

Quentin Bajac

Quentin Bajac was curator of the Musee d’Orsay from 1995 to 2003. Today, he is photography curator at the Musee national d’art moderne, centre Georges Pompidou.

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