TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pollen,Annebella
TI  - Mass photography: collective histories of everyday life 
T2  - International Library of Visual Culture
SN  - 9781784530112 (hbk)
AV  - TR145 .P66 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
KW  - Vernacular photography
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Photography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-240) and index
N2  - With increasingly accessible camera technology available, crowdsourced collective histories of everyday life, harnessing amateur photographers to secure a snapshot of a single day, abound like never before. 'Mass photography' assesses the potential of these popular moment-intime projects by examining their historical predecessors. For the first time, it views the vast photographic collections resulting from such projects, analysing their structures and systems, their aims and objectives, and their claims and promises. The central case study is of 55,000 photographs submitted to One Day for Life in 1987, which aimed, in its own time, to be 'the biggest photographic event the world had ever seen'. 'Mass photography' also makes a new and valuable contribution by taking a fresh look at amateur photographic practice on an unprecedented scale
ER  -