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In the early 1970s, Lew Thomas set out to disrupt photography in San Francisco. Tired of the mystical thinking and emotionalism that had underscored Bay Area photography since the 1940s, Thomas pursued a photographic practice grounded in ideas gleaned from conceptual art and Structuralist philosophy. A cohort of other photographers, including Donna-Lee Phillips and Hal Fischer, embraced Thomas' mission, joining him in what became known as the ?Photography and Language? movement, named after a book and group exhibition of the same title produced by Thomas in 1976.0Thomas, Phillips and Fischer were all extremely active in the mid to late 1970s. In addition to making their own artwork, they published essays, reviewed shows and organized exhibitions. Under the name NFS Press, Thomas published a number of books designed by Phillips, including 'Structural(ism) and Photography' (1978), which featured Thomas? work; 'Eros and Photography' (1977), which was edited by Phillips, and two books of Fischer?s work: 'Gay Semiotics' (1978) and '18th Near Castro Street x 24' (1979).0Published in conjunction with an exhibition featuring photographs by these three artists that will be on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art January 4 ? August 9, 2020, this volume assesses their work, their relationship to one another and their place in the history of photography in the 1970s.00Exhibition: SFMoMA, San Francisco, USA (04.01.-09.08.2020).

Photography, Artistic --- Literature and photography --- Photography --- Photography and literature --- Artistic photography --- Photography, Pictorial --- Pictorial photography --- Art --- History --- Exhibitions --- Aesthetics --- fotografie --- Verenigde Staten --- conceptuele fotografie --- conceptuele kunst --- twintigste eeuw --- gender studies --- homoseksualiteit --- Lew Thomas --- Phillips Donna-Lee --- Fischer Hal --- portretfotografie --- zelfportret --- woord en beeld --- fotografiegeschiedenis --- 77.038 --- Photograph collections --- Années 1970 --- Photographie --- Interview --- Thomas, Lew --- Phillips, Donna-Lee, --- Fischer, Hal, --- Phillips, Donna-Lee --- Photography, Artistic - 20th century - Exhibitions --- Literature and photography - Exhibitions --- Photography - California - San Francisco - Exhibitions --- Photograph collections - California - San Francisco - Exhibitions --- Phillips, Donna-Lee, 1941 --- -Fischer, Hal, 1950 --- -Thomas, Lew - Exhibitions --- Thomas, Lew - Interviews --- Phillips, Donna-Lee - Exhibitions --- Fischer, Hal, - 1950- - Exhibitions --- Fischer, Hal, - 1950- - Interviews --- -Thomas, Lew --- Fischer, Hal, - 1950 --- -Fischer, Hal, - 1950 --- -Photography --- kunstgeschiedenis --- anno 1970-1979 --- San Francisco [California]