Sentences with phrase «term photographic documentation»

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Dematerialization proved to be a useful myth: useful in that the term was convenient shorthand for the decline of the conventional art object (a painting or sculpture handmade by the artist - author); a myth in that so much advanced work of the period yielded a decidedly material proliferation of paperwork — handwritten or typed texts, contracts of ownership and certificates of authenticity, photographic documentation, inventories, and working drawings.

Based on photographic documentation of spirit mediums, séances and ectoplasm (pseudo-scientific term for spiritual matter) popularized in the 1920s and 1930s, Haunted Documents explores the roots of photography as a doorway to other worlds, recording the ephemeral and the liminal, archiving experiences of spiritual and geographic crossroads.

The photographic medium is seemingly redefined every year and digital photography has become an inescapable reality in terms of artistic practice and personal documentation.