Light, Paper, Process

This is a new book that's arrived in the library. I checked it out the first day it was on the shelf, read five pages, and then forgot about it. But then I found an article about it over here. And now I want to get the book again and actually read it.

"Perfection is boring. A new exhibition presents the work of seven photographers who celebrate experiment and chance

"Documenting the world is only one way of using photography,” said Virginia Heckert, head of the Museum’s Department of Photographs and curator of Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography. “Other photographers go into the darkroom and experiment. They push the medium to its limits, taking advantage of what others might see as mistakes.”

The seven artists represented in Light, Paper, Process make experiment and chance visible in their work, combining these with the traditional materials of photography: light-sensitive emulsions, paper, chemical development. “These are artists who embrace challenges not as limitations,” Virginia explained, “but as opportunities to work in the same experimental spirit that led to the invention of the medium.”

See? Totally up my alley. EDIT: Oooh, nice, there's a website for the exhibition! LINK.