The Resource Acting out : cabinet cards and the making of modern photography, edited by John Rohrbach ; with Erin Pauwels, Britt Salvesen, and Fernanda Valverde
Acting out : cabinet cards and the making of modern photography, edited by John Rohrbach ; with Erin Pauwels, Britt Salvesen, and Fernanda Valverde
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- Summary
- "Cabinet cards were America's main format for photographic portraiture through last three decades of the nineteenth century. Standardized at 6 1/2-by-4 1/4-inches, they were just large enough to reveal extensive detail, leading to the incorporation of elaborate poses, backdrops, and props. Inexpensive and sold by the dozen, they transformed getting one's portrait made from a formal event taken up once or twice in a lifetime into a commonplace practice shared with friends. The cards reinforced middle class Americans' sense of family. They allowed people to show off their material achievements and comforts, and the best cards projected an informal immediacy that encouraged viewers feel emotionally connected with those portrayed. The phenomenon even led sitters to act out before the camera. By making photographs an easygoing fact of life, the cards set the root for the snapshot and even today's photo sharing. This first-ever in-depth examination of the cabinet card phenomena, assembled by Dr. John Rohrbach, senior curator of photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, takes the form of a major travelling exhibition and book. The project finds its roots in the work of New York City photography Napoleon Sarony who, starting in the 1860s, made cabinet cards his central tool for marketing the stars of the day. The project reveals how in reaction to the cards' ubiquity, photographers across the United States worked assiduously to set their businesses apart through use of elaborate, often incongruous, backdrops, overlays, and promotional advertising printed on both sides of the cards. It highlights how the cards transformed photography from a formal event into an avenue for personal expression where sitters took full advantage of photography's realism while openly playing with the medium's believability. In short, cabinet cards made photography modern. Essays by Rohrbach, Salvesen, and Pauwels address how cabinet cards reflected and encouraged the wide embrace of photography (Rohrbach), an in-depth essay on California photographer R. J. Arnold, who built a successful small-town business on the cabinet card (Salvesen), and an essay on New York City photographer Napoleon Sarony's innovative efforts using his patented Posing Apparatus"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 231 pages
- Note
- Published to accompany an exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, June 27 - September 20, 2020 and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 1 - April 18, 2021
- Contents
-
- Introduction : making photography modern / John Rohrbach
- The art of not posing : Napoleon Sarony and the cultivation of pictorial effect in American cabinet cards / Erin Pauwels
- Second-class operators, first-class work : the business of cabinet card photography / Britt Salvesen
- Acting out / John Rohrbach
- Technical remarks on photographic materials used for cabinet card portraiture / Fernanda Valverde
- Isbn
- 9780520306684
- Label
- Acting out : cabinet cards and the making of modern photography
- Title
- Acting out
- Title remainder
- cabinet cards and the making of modern photography
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by John Rohrbach ; with Erin Pauwels, Britt Salvesen, and Fernanda Valverde
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Cabinet cards were America's main format for photographic portraiture through last three decades of the nineteenth century. Standardized at 6 1/2-by-4 1/4-inches, they were just large enough to reveal extensive detail, leading to the incorporation of elaborate poses, backdrops, and props. Inexpensive and sold by the dozen, they transformed getting one's portrait made from a formal event taken up once or twice in a lifetime into a commonplace practice shared with friends. The cards reinforced middle class Americans' sense of family. They allowed people to show off their material achievements and comforts, and the best cards projected an informal immediacy that encouraged viewers feel emotionally connected with those portrayed. The phenomenon even led sitters to act out before the camera. By making photographs an easygoing fact of life, the cards set the root for the snapshot and even today's photo sharing. This first-ever in-depth examination of the cabinet card phenomena, assembled by Dr. John Rohrbach, senior curator of photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, takes the form of a major travelling exhibition and book. The project finds its roots in the work of New York City photography Napoleon Sarony who, starting in the 1860s, made cabinet cards his central tool for marketing the stars of the day. The project reveals how in reaction to the cards' ubiquity, photographers across the United States worked assiduously to set their businesses apart through use of elaborate, often incongruous, backdrops, overlays, and promotional advertising printed on both sides of the cards. It highlights how the cards transformed photography from a formal event into an avenue for personal expression where sitters took full advantage of photography's realism while openly playing with the medium's believability. In short, cabinet cards made photography modern. Essays by Rohrbach, Salvesen, and Pauwels address how cabinet cards reflected and encouraged the wide embrace of photography (Rohrbach), an in-depth essay on California photographer R. J. Arnold, who built a successful small-town business on the cabinet card (Salvesen), and an essay on New York City photographer Napoleon Sarony's innovative efforts using his patented Posing Apparatus"--
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- Provided by publisher
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- CU-S/DLC
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Acting out (Oakland, Calif.)
- Dewey number
- 770.74
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TR680
- LC item number
- .A37 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- catalogs
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Rohrbach, John
- Pauwels, Erin Kristl
- Salvesen, Britt
- Valverde, Fernanda
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sarony, Napoleon
- Cabinet photographs
- Photography
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Acting out : cabinet cards and the making of modern photography, edited by John Rohrbach ; with Erin Pauwels, Britt Salvesen, and Fernanda Valverde
- Note
- Published to accompany an exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, June 27 - September 20, 2020 and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 1 - April 18, 2021
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- text
- Content type code
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- sti
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : making photography modern / John Rohrbach -- The art of not posing : Napoleon Sarony and the cultivation of pictorial effect in American cabinet cards / Erin Pauwels -- Second-class operators, first-class work : the business of cabinet card photography / Britt Salvesen -- Acting out / John Rohrbach -- Technical remarks on photographic materials used for cabinet card portraiture / Fernanda Valverde
- Dimensions
- 26 x 29 cm
- Extent
- 231 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520306684
- Lccn
- 2019038481
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly illustrations (some color)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- w022188
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1119616889
- (OCoLC)on1119616889
- Label
- Acting out : cabinet cards and the making of modern photography, edited by John Rohrbach ; with Erin Pauwels, Britt Salvesen, and Fernanda Valverde
- Note
- Published to accompany an exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, June 27 - September 20, 2020 and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 1 - April 18, 2021
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : making photography modern / John Rohrbach -- The art of not posing : Napoleon Sarony and the cultivation of pictorial effect in American cabinet cards / Erin Pauwels -- Second-class operators, first-class work : the business of cabinet card photography / Britt Salvesen -- Acting out / John Rohrbach -- Technical remarks on photographic materials used for cabinet card portraiture / Fernanda Valverde
- Dimensions
- 26 x 29 cm
- Extent
- 231 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520306684
- Lccn
- 2019038481
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly illustrations (some color)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- w022188
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1119616889
- (OCoLC)on1119616889
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