Description
This book explores the fascinating and often unexpected ways photography and sculpture have intersected over the past two centuries. It examines photographs of classical sculpture by pioneers like Talbot and Daguerre, Modernists such as Steichen and Brâncuși captivated by light and shadow, and contemporary practitioners including Mapplethorpe and Goldin who explore gender and identity. Photographers from Africa, Asia and Latin America also feature. Sculpted by Light reveals how photography generates new sculptural works – as when Brassaï transformed found objects into ‘involuntary sculptures’ – and how photographs can animate a statue or freeze a living body. Photographs, Geraldine Johnson argues, are also objects with sculptural qualities of their own and can influence debates about controversial public monuments. By approaching these media from varied perspectives, Sculpted by Light offers fresh insights into both.
