The (Invisible) Art of Documenting Art
2019
Single-channel digital video HD; color; sound; 16:9.
37’23".
Book.
Full color; 160 pages.
30,5 x 22,5 cm.
Published by Caniche Editorial.
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The (Invisible) Art of Documenting Art highlights the crucial yet often overlooked role of the art photographer in the Digital Age, where installation views circulate far more widely than exhibitions are physically visited. By shifting the camera toward those behind it, the project examines how photographers mediate our experience of artworks, inevitably shaping their perception through their own subjectivity.
Through conversations with eight international professionals, the work explores the paradox between the growing demand for their images and the limited recognition they receive: their authorship is frequently minimized or erased, despite their images defining how art is seen, circulated, and remembered today.
The project includes a video piece and a publication with Caniche Editorial, featuring full interviews and a selection of exhibition photographs by each contributor.
Through conversations with eight international professionals, the work explores the paradox between the growing demand for their images and the limited recognition they receive: their authorship is frequently minimized or erased, despite their images defining how art is seen, circulated, and remembered today.
The project includes a video piece and a publication with Caniche Editorial, featuring full interviews and a selection of exhibition photographs by each contributor.
Credits
Video stills.
Photo by Peter Cox. De Pont Museum. (Tillburg, 2017).
Outside and inside views of the book.
Video stills.
Photo by Peter Cox. De Pont Museum. (Tillburg, 2017).
Outside and inside views of the book.