Imagining Singapore : : pictorial photography from the 1950s to the 1970s / / Charmaine Toh.

• Superior document: Photography in Asia
• VerfasserIn: Toh, Charmaine,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2023]
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Photography in Asia
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (202 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Imagining Singapore: Pictorial Photography from the 1950s to the 1970s -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Note on Romanisation and Translation -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- What is Pictorial Photography? -- The State of the Field -- Dealing with Photographs -- Chapter Overview -- 2 PICTORIALISM AND MODERNITY -- Modern, Modernity and Modernism -- Photography Before the War -- The Singapore Art Society Exhibitions -- An Open Attitude -- Photography and Democracy -- A Pursuit of Beauty -- Conclusion -- 3 ORIGINALITY AND COPYING -- Originality and Authorship -- Copying and Competition in the Salons -- Distinctions and Awards -- Beyond the Salon -- Pedagogy and Discipline -- Collaboration and Dialogue -- Conclusion -- 4 NATIONALISM AND INTERNATIONALISM -- Construction of Nation and Identity -- Pictorial Photography, Cosmopolitanism and Contemporaneity -- Loke Wan Tho and Singapore Pictorialism's International Connections -- Overseas Success -- Photography and Nation-building -- Thematic Exhibitions -- A Singapore School -- Conclusion -- 5 HISTORY AND IMAGINATION -- Imagining History -- A Control of Vision -- Constructing Landscapes -- Reclaiming the Past -- Building the Future -- Fractured Landscapes -- Conclusion -- 6 CONCLUSION -- Nanyang Photographers? -- Male and Chinese -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Articles, Books, Catalogues -- Oral History Interviews at the National Archives of Singapore -- Speeches at the National Archives of Singapore -- Other Archives -- Index.