Das Objekt

Katrin Kamrau

Dimensions	320 × 230 mm
year	2014
Publisher	published by Province of Antwerp
Cover	softcover
printing	offset printed
binding	thread bound
coverage	40 pages
Design by	in collaboration with Dear Reader,
Supplements	with 2 inserts in color
ISBN	ISBN 789-90-6625-179-3
Format	320 x 230 mm
printrun	print-run 300 copies

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The book series DAS OBJEKT is a critical and subjective reflection of icons and symbols used in photo handbooks to illustrate optical laws for photographers and those interested in photography. The 40 illustrations in this artist’s book reproduced in chronological order, are extracted from manuals published in the Nederlands and in Belgium between 1921 and 2002. Through the detachment of their original context, these motifs reveal social developments, ideologies, and ideals – visualized by the respective creators – addressed to their imagined readership. Developments in the field of printing technology and industrial book printing resonate with developments within graphic design.