Imagining Singapore : : pictorial photography from the 1950s to the 1970s / / Charmaine Toh.
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| Superior document: | Photography in Asia |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2023] |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Photography in Asia
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (202 pages) |
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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.