Curatorial Studies 10:
　Re-reading The Pencil of Nature: The Etymology of Photography

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William Henry Fox Talbot,　　　　　　　　Naoya Hatakeyama, Atmos, 2003,
　　　The Pencil of Nature,　　　　　　　　　　　Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery ©the artist
　　　private collection

Date

January 27 – March 21, 2016

Venue

Collection Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Curators

Chinatsu Makiguchi (Associate curator)

Masaru Aoyama (Professor, Osaka Seikei University)

List of Exhibits

Curatorial Studies 10:
      Re-reading The Pencil of Nature: The Etymology of Photography

A Symposium related with the exhibition

Michael Gray

Naoya Hatakeyama

Masaru Aoyama

Date & Time: March 5 (Sat.) 2:00PM-4:00PM

Place: 1F Lecture hall

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　　William Henry Fox Talbot's The Pencil of Nature (1844), whch contains 24 calotype prints, is considerd to be the first photography book. To mark the upcoming publication of Masaru Aoyama's Japanese translation of the book, the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto will present a small exhibition of photographs from the museum collection.
　　While The Pencil of Nature signaled the rise of photography, it also led to an increasingly disant relatonship with nature which has continued through various technical developments to the present day. By reinterpreting the book, this exhibition sets out to consider a wide range of issues, including "painting and photography," "inventory," "copies,and reproductions," "shadows, or photographs without cameras," and "nature and artifice."


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