Dick Jewell’s Found Photos

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: nor...

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Main Author: Ian Walker
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Language:English
Published: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2010-12-01
Series:Image & Narrative
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Online Access:http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/105
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description <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Abstract (E):</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span lang="EN-GB">In 1977, the young British artist Dick Jewell self-published a small book <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Found Photos</em>, a collection of photobooth images that had been thrown away or torn up by the people in the photos. This essay places that book in the context of the development of interest in vernacular photography during the 1970s, and relates it to other projects using pictures made in photobooths, both before and since.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: FR;" lang="FR">Abstract (F): </span></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: FR;" lang="FR">En 1977, le jeune artiste anglais Dick Jewell auto-édita un petit livre intitulé <em>Found Photos</em>, une collection de clichés de photomaton qui avaient été jetées ou déchirées par leurs sujets. Cette expérience situe le livre dans le contexte du développement de l’intérêt pour la photographie vernaculaire au cours des années 1970, et le rapproche d’autres projets faisant usage d’images provenant de photomatons, aussi bien antérieurs que postérieurs.</span></span></span></p>
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spelling doaj.art-fe7136f56c2f4246b72016a7f06d25982022-12-22T00:25:35ZengKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenImage & Narrative1780-678X2010-12-011142034Dick Jewell’s Found PhotosIan Walker<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Abstract (E):</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span lang="EN-GB">In 1977, the young British artist Dick Jewell self-published a small book <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Found Photos</em>, a collection of photobooth images that had been thrown away or torn up by the people in the photos. This essay places that book in the context of the development of interest in vernacular photography during the 1970s, and relates it to other projects using pictures made in photobooths, both before and since.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: FR;" lang="FR">Abstract (F): </span></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: FR;" lang="FR">En 1977, le jeune artiste anglais Dick Jewell auto-édita un petit livre intitulé <em>Found Photos</em>, une collection de clichés de photomaton qui avaient été jetées ou déchirées par leurs sujets. Cette expérience situe le livre dans le contexte du développement de l’intérêt pour la photographie vernaculaire au cours des années 1970, et le rapproche d’autres projets faisant usage d’images provenant de photomatons, aussi bien antérieurs que postérieurs.</span></span></span></p>http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/105Dick Jewell, photobooth, found photography, vernacular photography
spellingShingle Ian Walker
Dick Jewell’s Found Photos
Image & Narrative
Dick Jewell, photobooth, found photography, vernacular photography
title Dick Jewell’s Found Photos
title_full Dick Jewell’s Found Photos
title_fullStr Dick Jewell’s Found Photos
title_full_unstemmed Dick Jewell’s Found Photos
title_short Dick Jewell’s Found Photos
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topic Dick Jewell, photobooth, found photography, vernacular photography
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