An edition of Suspended conversations (2001)
Suspended conversations
the afterlife of memory in photographic albums
By Martha Langford
Publish Date
2001
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Language
eng
Pages
256
Description:
"In Suspended Conversations Martha Langford breathes life into photographic albums. These travelogues, memoirs, thematic collections, and family sagas embody the intimate preoccupations of their compilers and the great events of a golden photographic age, 1860 to 1960. Langford also traces the influence of photograph albums on the installations, photo narratives, and photo sequences of contemporary artists. Whether dealing with art, museum archives, or the family heirloom, Suspended Conversations bring photography into the great conversation about how we remember our stories and send them into the future."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne, Oral tradition, Photograph albums, Photographs in genealogy, Photography in historiography, Social aspects, Social aspects of Photograph albums, Museums, canada, Photographies, Albums, Aspect social, Tradition orale, Photographies en généalogie, Photographie en historiographie