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Patti Smith: Camera Solo
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Susan Talbott Susan Lubowsky Talbott

Patti Smith

Camera Solo

Susan Talbott,  Susan Lubowsky Talbott,  Erin Monroe

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English
Yale University Press
31 October 2011
Individual photographers; Special kinds of photography
""Each photograph is like a diary entry of my life."" —Patti Smith

This captivating selection of 70 intimate black and white photographs conveys Patti Smith's singular experience as a photographer as it relates to many facets of her fascinating life and career. Exquisitely designed and produced, Patti Smith: Camera Solo accompanies the first museum exhibition of the artist's photography in the United States.

Using either a vintage Land 100 or a Land 250 Polaroid camera, Smith photographs subjects inspired by her connections to poetry and literature as well as pictures that honor the personal effects of those she admires or loves. In the catalogue's interview, conducted by Susan Lubowsky Talbott, the artist talks about her ""respect for the inanimate object"" as well as the talismanic qualities of things in her life. We see, for instance, a picture of Mapplethorpe's slippers or a porcelain cup that belonged to her father, and are drawn into their intimacy and quiet power. Moreover, these images reveal how the camera has proven to be a means for Smith to retreat—undisturbed—to ""a room of my own.""

From her explorations as a visual artist in the 1960s and 70s and her profound influence on the nascent punk rock scene in the late 1970s and 80s, to Just Kids, her National Book Award-winning memoir of life with her beloved friend Robert Mapplethorpe, Smith continues to make an indelible mark on the American cultural landscape.

Published in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Exhibition Schedule:

Wadsworth Museum of Art(10/21/11-02/19/12)

The Detroit Institute of Arts(06/01/12–09/02/12)

Art Gallery of Ontario (02/09/13–05/19/13)
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Imprint:   Yale University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 1mm
Weight:   318g
ISBN:   9780300182293
ISBN 10:   0300182295
Pages:   96
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Susan Lubowsky Talbott is director of the Wadsworth Atheneum. Erin Monroe is acting curator of American paintings and sculpture at the Wadsworth Atheneum.

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