Photography and Korea — Jeehey Kim. Published by Reaktion Books.
This is the first comprehensive Western-language study of the history of photography in and around Korea and for that reason alone would be a valuable resource and an essential volume for those wanting to understand the history and practice of the medium. Author Jeehey Kim approaches the various components of her subject from the perspective of photography as a globalized and interrelated practice, in which relationships can be seen and traced between and beyond international borders. Of her study, she writes, "[the book's] intention is to decolonize the field of photography history and to contribute to diverse endeavors to recognize that studies of photography should explore simultaneously occurring photographic practices and phenomena across the globe." With chapters about photography on the Korean Peninsula beginning in the 19th century, Korean photography and Japanese colonialism, photography in and about North Korea, the Korean War and photography of the 1950s, Korean photography since the 1970s, and the diaspora in- and outside of Korea, the chronological scope extends from the late 19th century to many works made in the 2000s, including several works from as recently as 2018. The book also includes an appendix of photography museums, archives, magazines, and journals. This dynamic and informative book is a valuable resource.
Dr. Rebecca Senf is Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, in Tucson. Her B.A. in Art History is from the University of Arizona; her M.A. and Ph.D. were awarded by Boston University. In 2012, her book Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe was released by University of California Press; in 2017, her book To Be Thirteen, showcasing the work of Betsy Schneider, was published by Radius Press and Phoenix Art Museum. Senf is an Ansel Adams scholar, and in 2020 published a book on Ansel Adams’s early years, called Making a Photographer, co-published by the CCP and Yale University Press. Her exhibition "Richard Avedon: Relationships" debuted in Milan at the Palazzo Reale during fashion week in 2022, was shown at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Palermo, Sicily in Spring of 2023, and will open at the Kunsthal Rotterdam in the Netherlands in June 2024.
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