Book Description
This book reproduces a selection of 150 fine photographs of Brighton and Hove that portray the changing face and character of this colorful seaside town and its residents over nearly a century and a half. The book includes historic daguerreotypes from the 1840s by William Constables and a remarkable series of paper negatives and albumen prints by Edward Fox from the 1850s and 1860s. The book underlines the attraction of Brighton and Hove to visiting photographers--the architecture, people and activity that provided endless inspiration.
About the Author
Philippe Garner's publications include Cecil Beaton (1994 with David Alan Mellor), Sixties Design (1996), and John Cowan Through the Light Barrier (1999). He has acted as curator for exhibitions of photographs in museums in London, Paris and Tokyo.
A Seaside Album: Photographs and Memory FROM THE PUBLISHER
A Seaside Album tells the parallel stories of the evolution of Brighton, and neighbouring Hove, and the development of the practise of photography, from its invention through to the 1990s. It is also an account of the author's search for the photographs that illustrate the book so eloquently, and of his investigation, through these images, of his own social, cultural and geographical roots.
The majority of the 143 illustrations are previously unpublished and provide a vivid evocation of the varied artistic aspirations and vernacular applications of the photographic medium. The book includes images by such internationally renowned masters as William Henry Fox Talbot, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Walker Evans, as well as introducing fine work by hitherto unrecognised masters such as William Constable, William Mason Junior, Edward Fox, and George Ruff Junior.
Art & Photography
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