Becoming Photography

Le livre

A Word from the Publishers. . . A Word from the Artist. . . Histories and Counterhistories Text by Joan Fontcuberta. . . The Hidden Face of the Photographer Text by Mona Hakim. . . Before the Camera (1991). . . An examination of the history of the photographic representation of the female nude and its largely uncritical acceptance. . . Before Photography (2010). . . An exploration of the figure of the photographer in popular cinema and television in the era of the artist's father. . . The Photographer (2015). . . A reflection on the artist's own place within the history of photographic self-portraiture. . . After (2020). . . Remakes of remakes in order to revisit appropriation art. . . On Photography (2020). . . A reconsideration of the role of the critic and a challenge to the authority of the critical text. . . The Complete Photographer (2020). . . Probing the historical function of the photography magazine. . . List of Reproductions. . . Biobibliography. . . Artist's Acknowledgments