{"product_id":"revision-esther-ruelfs-9783958291850","title":"Revision","description":"This book offers the first overview of the unique photography and new media collection of the Museum f�r Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG). From the beginnings of photography to contemporary pieces, the collection includes more than 75,000 works. The MKG, an arts and crafts museum, began collecting photography toward the end of the 19th century and played a pioneering role as the first German museum to open its doors to the medium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReVision\u003c\/i\u003e explores this extensive, multifaceted collection through genres such as portrait, architecture and reportage photography. Issues such as the 19th-century roles of photography as an aid to science and an archival medium are considered, alongside the changing materiality of photographs and various emphases in the collection such as international pictorial photography and Japanese photography. Texts by renowned international photo and cultural historians round off the volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther Ruelfs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3958291856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958291850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 9.30w x 1.50d","brand":"Esther Ruelfs","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48442824950015,"sku":"9783958291850","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d26b25aa-e0f5-4c8c-b150-61e4016a8b78.jpg?v=1777200025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/revision-esther-ruelfs-9783958291850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}