In its early days, photography was disparagingly compared by artists to a mere tool for reproducing reality, due to the mechanical and automatic process required to produce images. A technique, not an art. Pictorialism was a movement that developed across the world from 1880 to 1960 to elevate the medium of photography to the level of painting or sculpture. Bringing together over 50 artists from Shanghai to Sydney, from New York to Cape Town, from Brazil to Singapore, this exhibition offers a fresh and inclusive look at the history of international fine art photography. Featuring never-before-seen works alongside pieces from the Tate’s collection, Light and Magic highlights the vast and varied possibilities of photography as a medium of artistic expression.
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