Street & Studio: an Urban History of Photography

"The photographic portrait has two parallel histories that run side by side, from the birth of photography to the twenty-first century; one of portraits made in the studio, the other of those taken in the street. The advent of small, easily concealed cameras allowed photographers to capture subjects in the street unaware. In contrast, the studio offered the opportunity to present carefully composed images to the world, making use of all the elaborate staging and technical devices at the photographer's disposal."
"With celebrities today expected to pose for the paparazzi in the street, and the studio being used increasingly for informal and intimate shots, these traditions have been subverted. Accompanying a major exhibition at Tate Modern, Street & Studio explores the fascinating contrasts, tensions and connections between these two traditions."
Contents: -
Ute Eskildsen: Introduction -
Staging: Early References -- Mobile Camera/Sophisticated Studio -- New Visions/New Public -- Postwar Flaneurs/Uncaged Fashion -- Provocation/Emancipation -- Revisiting Conventional Modes --
Florian Ebner and Bettina Kaufmann: Index to Artists and Works --
Essays: --
Susanne Holschbach: The Pose: Its Troubles and Pleasures --
Jeremy Millar: La Foto Chiari: Some Thoughts towards a Neorealist Photography --
Florian Ebner: Urban Characters, Imaginary Cities --
Michael Bracewell: The Narrative City: Image, Glamour and Isolation --
Typologies.