EAN: 9783991530152

TRACE - FORMATIONS OF LIKENESS KARTONIERT (TB)

This publication charts the Haus der Kunst München exhibition Trace-Formations of Likeness 
drawn exclusively from The Walther Collection. The exhibition explores portrait photography and
the tracing of societal transfor-mation across geographic spaces as well as contrasting
sociopolitical and cultural landscapes. Portrait photog-raphy has been deployed as a means to
shape identity  to advocate for social change  and as a subversive strategy for visibility 
often through an intimate investigation of the politics of memory  history  and embodiment.
This book encompasses works from the last two hun-dred years and brings together artists from
Africa  the Americas  Europe  and Asia. The juxtaposition of archival  documentary  and
vernacular photography offers a global context to reflect on the divergent trajectories of
historical and contemporary photography today. Collectively  these works showcase the medium's
capacity as both an instru-ment for empowerment and a formation of the self  as well as its
complex uses as a tool for control and subjugation.

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