PHOTOBOOK IN 30 MINUTES
Timothy Prus
From 16 to 19 August 2016
General lecture on approaches to the History of Photography and Collecting. The nature of archiving and the editing process. Overview of Archive of Modern Conflict publications and exhibitions. Some case studies, especially on the relationship between publication and exhibition;
Case studies
1: Lodz Ghetto;
2) Nein Onkel;
3) The Corinthians ;
4) Collected Shadows;
5) The Great Refusal and
6) A Guide for the Protection of the Public in Peacetime.
Individual advice on photobook projects.
Timothy Prus
Curator, chronicler and collector (UK) Previous works include: Nein, Onkel, a photographic exploration of the German militia in World War II; The Corinhians, a look at spirituality and materialism in the golden age of Kodachrome; Scrapbook, a collage-based analysis of the problems of Irishness; and The Whale's Eyelash, a work on microcosm. Timothy has curated a number of exhibitions based on the photographic medium and has worked on the Archive of Modern Conflict collection for over twenty years, which began as a collection of images from the First and Second World Wars, and has grown into a collection of a variety of eccentric and deeply interesting photographs.
AMC BOOKS
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