Ghosts of the Black Chamber: Experimental, Dada and Surrealist Photography 1918-1948
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Ghosts of the Black Chamber: Experimental, Dada and Surrealist Photography 1918-1948 (2010) is a book by Candice Black.
It features photographs by Eileen Agar, Gudrun Ahlberg, Josef Albers, Johannes Baader, Johannes Baargeld, Eugen Batz, Herbert Bayer, Hans Bellmer, Erwin Blumenfeld, Jacques-André Boiffard, Vane Bor, Pierre Boucher, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Robert Bresson, André Breton, Jacqueline Breton, F-J Bruguiere, Janusz Maria Brzeski, Luis Bunuel, Jorge Caceres, Claude Cahun, Paul Citroen, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Ei-Kyu, Nusch Eluard, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Farfa, Siegfried Frank, Karl-Otto Gotz, Philippe Halsman, David Hare, Arthur Harfaux, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Maurice Heine, Jindrich Heisler, Albert Hennig, Hannah Hoch, Gina Hohensee, Georges Hugnet, Valentine Hugo, Josef Istler, Lajos Kassak, André Kertesz, Marcel Lefrancq, Herbert List, Eli Lotar, Gherasim Luca, George Platt Lynes, Dora Maar, René Margritte, Léo Malet, Maruja Mallo, Marcel Marien, E.L.T. Mesens, Lee Miller, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Suzanne Musard, Paul Nash, Paul Nouge, Vinicio Paladini, Roger Parry, Roland Penrose, Kazimierz Podsadecki, Man Ray, Marko Ristic, Christian Schad, Frederick Sommer, Ré Soupault, Jindrich Strysky, Maurice Tabard, Tato, Karel Teige, Franciszka Themerson, Raoul Ubac, Umbo, Lajos Vajda, Christian Van Geel, Nikola Vuco, Gérard Vulliamy, Wols, Wanda Wulz,
Blurb:
- Photography is most often thought of as a way to document reality—to capture true-life experiences as they occur. But for the artists of the Dadaist and Surrealist movements, who placed the very question of reality and its perception at the center of their works, the camera’s lens functioned as a creative extension of the imagination—a third eye attuned to unconscious meaning—and the photograph was an index of signs that could be modified, simultaneously recording the everyday and exposing new meanings beneath its surface. Ghosts of the Black Chamber presents numerous examples of this fantastic vision in an illustrated directory of experimental photography from 1918 to 1948.
- Ghosts of the Black Chamber presents over 200 photographic images by revolutionary and iconic artists of the time. In addition to the photographs, which exemplify not only Dadaism and Surrealism, but also lesser-known movements such as Futurism and Vorticism, the book also includes profiles of the fifty well-known artists featured, including Dali, Bellmer, Breton, Ernst, Magritte, and Man Ray.
- This comprehensive and stunning collection is both a wonderful introduction to the midcentury, experimental art and a must-have for fans of the Surrealists and Dadaists.
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