Flash, Bang Wallop! Tech Toys meet cultural critique at Britain's National Museum.
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R072236 Ned. Fotomuseum Ned. fotomuseum
TitleFlash, Bang Wallop! Tech Toys meet cultural critique at Britain's National
Museum.
Author
Edition[nummer] 3
[jaargang] XV
[tijdschrift; titel] AFTERIMAGE
[tijdschrift; pagina] 3-4
Year of publication1987
Materialartikel
Document TypeArticle
SubjectMusea en fotografie, fotomusea en foto-galeries: GB (Groot-Brittannië), Daily Herald, dagblad, GB, fotoarchief
Abstract
The author gives a historical overview of the founding of the British National
Museum of Photography, Film and Television (NMPFT) in Bradford (1983) and
critically examines the museums policy. Without an acquisitions budget the
gifts ""helped steer the curatorial and exhibition policy''. For example, the
photographic archive of the former Daily Herald was donated. There are nine
permanent galleries and four temporary exhibition spaces. The focus of the
NMPFT is on education and on the sociology of everyday photography, such as the
exhibition ""Photography is News!'' based on of the Herald's voluminous
archive. The ""Photography and Beyond'' gallery exhibits new technologies in an
optimistic way. The author formulate some conclusions on photographic museums
in general, stating that ""broadened definitions of photography also implicate
the social uses of photography in a way that art photography and the art
photography museum never did''. And: ""In attempting to become more popular,
the photography museum has unwittingly become more political''.
Museum of Photography, Film and Television (NMPFT) in Bradford (1983) and
critically examines the museums policy. Without an acquisitions budget the
gifts ""helped steer the curatorial and exhibition policy''. For example, the
photographic archive of the former Daily Herald was donated. There are nine
permanent galleries and four temporary exhibition spaces. The focus of the
NMPFT is on education and on the sociology of everyday photography, such as the
exhibition ""Photography is News!'' based on of the Herald's voluminous
archive. The ""Photography and Beyond'' gallery exhibits new technologies in an
optimistic way. The author formulate some conclusions on photographic museums
in general, stating that ""broadened definitions of photography also implicate
the social uses of photography in a way that art photography and the art
photography museum never did''. And: ""In attempting to become more popular,
the photography museum has unwittingly become more political''.
| Copy number | R072236 |
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| Shelf mark | Ned. fotomuseum |