GENII LOCI GEB: The Photographic Work of Karen Knorr - Tapa dura

Including esays and an interview with Karen Knorr, this extensively illustrated text is a comprehensive overview of the photographer's work from the 1990s to 2002. Knorr's photographs explore with wit and humour the patronage and heritage that informs our ideas of art and national identity, with images taken at historical art collections and stately homes, and new developments using sound, installation and video. Knorr has been making photographs since the early 1980s, using a documentary style that recalls earlier traditions of portraiture and painting,