Photobooth
Since its introduction to the public in September of 1926 on a street corner in New York City, the automatic photobooth has captured the interest of the general public and fine artists alike. Raynal Pellicer, author of Mug Shots, examines the self-portraits—sometimes practical, sometimes...
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Since its introduction to the public in September of 1926 on a street corner in New York City, the automatic photobooth has captured the interest of the general public and fine artists alike. Raynal Pellicer, author of Mug Shots, examines the self-portraits—sometimes practical, sometimes whimsical—produced by this enduring 20th-century novelty. The countless documents included here feature shots of Francis Bacon, Billy Childish, Allen Ginsberg, John F. Kennedy, Anne Frank, Salvador Dalí, André Breton, Wim Wenders, Walker Evans, and John Lennon, among others. Photobooth draws a fantastic inventory of artistic variations on the snapshot, bringing together works of art and self-portraits of persons both known and unknown, from the 1920s to the present.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780810996113 (0810996111)
Publish date: January 1st 2011
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This book is pure inspiration! I love photobooths. As a kid every time I went to the big mall downtown I would try to get my picture taken in the little booth. I bought tiny little frames to put the best of them in and I still have those frames sitting up on my bookshelf. So needless to say, when I ...