Description: Further DetailsTitle: Acting OutCondition: NewEAN: 9780520306684ISBN: 9780520306684Publisher: University of California PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 06/30/2020Item Height: 248mmItem Length: 279mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 1633gContributor: Britt Salvesen (Contributions by), Fernanda Valverde (Contributions by), John Rohrbach (Edited by), Erin Pauwels (Contributions by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern PhotographyISBN-10: 0520306686Description: Cabinet cards were America’s main format for photographic portraiture throughout the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Standardized at 6½ x 4¼ inches, they were just large enough to reveal extensive detail, leading to the incorporation of elaborate poses, backdrops, and props. Inexpensive and sold by the dozen, they transformed getting one’s portrait made from a formal event taken up once or twice in a lifetime into a commonplace practice shared with friends. The cards reinforced middle-class Americans’ sense of family. They allowed people to show off their material achievements and comforts, and the best cards projected an informal immediacy that encouraged viewers to feel emotionally connected with those portrayed. The experience even led sitters to act out before the camera. By making photographs an easygoing fact of life, the cards forecast the snapshot and today’s ubiquitous photo sharing. Organized by senior curator John Rohrbach, Acting Out is the first ever in-depth examination of the cabinet card phenomena. Full-color plates include over 100 cards at full size, providing a highly entertaining collection of these early versions of the selfie and ultimately demonstrating how cabinet cards made photography modern. Published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Exhibition dates: Amon Carter Museum of American Art: August 15–November 1, 2020 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA): August 8–November 7, 2021Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Arts & PhotographyAuthor: Fernanda ValverdeRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Acting Out
Title: Acting Out
EAN: 9780520306684
ISBN: 9780520306684
Release Date: 06/30/2020
Release Year: 2020
Contributor: Erin Pauwels (Contributions by)
Subtitle: Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography
ISBN-10: 0520306686
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Acting Out : Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Photography
Item Weight: 57.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.8 in
Author: Erin Pauwels
Item Width: 11 in
Format: Hardcover
