“San Francisco on a thousand plates”: New perspectives on photo-historical research around 1900 through the lens of the California Camera Club
With a focus on the dispersed corpus of an American photographic society – the California Camera Club – this article proposes new methods to examine photographic objects produced around 1900. In a period commonly defined by Pictorialism and the New York Photo-Secession, the works of San Franciscan p...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:interfaces_644 https://doi.org/10.4000/interfaces.644 urn:doi:10.4000/interfaces.644 en https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/644 2020-12-15T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/h4h0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “San Francisco on a thousand plates”: New perspectives on photo-historical research around 1900 through the lens of the California Camera Club Interfaces Université Bourgogne Europe info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2647-6754 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1164-6225 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces Görgen, Carolin photographie en Californie histoire de la Californie et de l'Ouest américain California Camera Club archives photographiques matérialité photographique historiographie critique photography in California history of California and the American West California Camera Club photographic archives photographic materiality critical historiography With a focus on the dispersed corpus of an American photographic society – the California Camera Club – this article proposes new methods to examine photographic objects produced around 1900. In a period commonly defined by Pictorialism and the New York Photo-Secession, the works of San Franciscan photographers stand out as extremely versatile. The Club corpus, which has withstood the earthquake and fire of 1906, and decade-long oblivion on the part of scholars and curators, is dispersed over numerous Californian institutions. As such, it represents an important contribution to American photographic history that demands us to rethink the categories generally ascribed to camera clubs. To grasp how the works of the more than 400-member-strong organization can be partly reassembled, this article proposes a survey of the Club's primary sources with a special focus on their material supports and their storage locations, accompanied by a historiographical discussion. By looking first at the productions of the members in their most active period, and, as a second step, examining the processes of canonization which led to their oblivion, this article provides new tools for photo-historical research around 1900. En se concentrant sur le corpus dispersé d'une société photographique américaine, le California Camera Club, cet article propose de nouvelles méthodes pour examiner des objets photographiques produits autour de 1900. Dans une période dominée par le Pictorialisme et la Photo-Secession de New York, les travaux des photographes de San Francisco se démarquent par leur polyvalence. Le corpus du club a résisté non seulement au tremblement de terre et l'incendie de 1906 mais a également survécu à l'oubli de la part des chercheurs et des conservateurs. Il se trouve aujourd'hui dans de nombreuses institutions californiennes. Il représente une contribution importante à l'histoire de la photographie américaine et nous demande de repenser les caractéristiques généralement attribuées aux caméra clubs. Pour comprendre comment les travaux de cette organisation de plus de 400 membres peuvent être reconstitués partiellement, cet article propose une étude détaillée des sources primaires qui met l'accent sur leurs supports matériels, leurs lieux de conservation et le contexte historiographique. En analysant d'abord les productions des membres durant la période la plus florissante et en retraçant ensuite les processus de canonisation qui ont mené à leur oubli, cet article fournit de nouveaux outils pour la recherche en histoire de la photographie autour de 1900. |
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photographie en Californie histoire de la Californie et de l'Ouest américain California Camera Club archives photographiques matérialité photographique historiographie critique photography in California history of California and the American West California Camera Club photographic archives photographic materiality critical historiography |
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photographie en Californie histoire de la Californie et de l'Ouest américain California Camera Club archives photographiques matérialité photographique historiographie critique photography in California history of California and the American West California Camera Club photographic archives photographic materiality critical historiography Görgen, Carolin “San Francisco on a thousand plates”: New perspectives on photo-historical research around 1900 through the lens of the California Camera Club |
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With a focus on the dispersed corpus of an American photographic society – the California Camera Club – this article proposes new methods to examine photographic objects produced around 1900. In a period commonly defined by Pictorialism and the New York Photo-Secession, the works of San Franciscan photographers stand out as extremely versatile. The Club corpus, which has withstood the earthquake and fire of 1906, and decade-long oblivion on the part of scholars and curators, is dispersed over numerous Californian institutions. As such, it represents an important contribution to American photographic history that demands us to rethink the categories generally ascribed to camera clubs. To grasp how the works of the more than 400-member-strong organization can be partly reassembled, this article proposes a survey of the Club's primary sources with a special focus on their material supports and their storage locations, accompanied by a historiographical discussion. By looking first at the productions of the members in their most active period, and, as a second step, examining the processes of canonization which led to their oblivion, this article provides new tools for photo-historical research around 1900. |
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“San Francisco on a thousand plates”: New perspectives on photo-historical research around 1900 through the lens of the California Camera Club |
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“San Francisco on a thousand plates”: New perspectives on photo-historical research around 1900 through the lens of the California Camera Club |
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