Factory photobooks : the self-representation of the factory in photographic publications 1890-1987 /

"'Factory photobooks' is the definitive overview of an extraordinary subgenre of the photobook phenomenon. Factory photobooks were commissioned by companies that sought to use them to showcase their qualities, their innovative drive and pioneering spirit. The ambition to portray the f...

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Main Author:	Sorgedrager, Bart (Author, Editor)
Other Authors:	Badger, Gerry (Contributor), Bool, Flip (Contributor), Boom, Mattie (Contributor), Gierstberg, Frits (Contributor), Ladd, Jeffrey (Contributor), Parr, Martin, 1952- (Author of introduction, etc., author of preface.), Schoots, Hans, 1950- (Contributor), Timby, Kim (Contributor), Wiegand, Thomas, 1960- (Contributor), Moolenaar, Anette (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Rotterdam : nai010 Publishers, [2023]
Subjects:	Sorgedrager, Bart > Art collections. Factories. Photobooks > Pictorial works. Photography, Artistic. Commercial photography. Photographie artistique. Photographie commerciale. Usines. Livres photos > Ouvrages illustrés. art photography. factories (structures)

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Summary:	"'Factory photobooks' is the definitive overview of an extraordinary subgenre of the photobook phenomenon. Factory photobooks were commissioned by companies that sought to use them to showcase their qualities, their innovative drive and pioneering spirit. The ambition to portray the firm in a unique light often led to amazing experiments with book forms, photography and graphic design. These impressive books reflected the design concepts of their time. Many of the photographers were completely unknown, although there are some world-famous names as well. Besides uindiscovered gems, 'Factory photobooks' presents such iconic photobooks as 'Vuur aan zee' (Fire beside the sea) with photography by Ed van der Elsken, Paul Huf, Ata Kandó and Cas Oorthuys. Acquaint yourself with the factory photobook in an international context with this selection of more than 220 publications, brought together by expert, photographer and collector Bart Sorgedrager."--Page 4 of cover.
Item Description:	Authors of descriptions of individual photobooks include essay contributors and Jeffrey Ladd. "Translations, Galaverse, Anette Moolenaar."--Page 3 of cover. Paginiation includes text on paste-down endpapers. Includes folded leaves (including pages 489-496).
Physical Description:	3 unnumbered pages, 506 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (in "Notes / Literature", pages 495-500) and index.
ISBN:	9789056628703 9056628704