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E. O. Hoppé's London Types.

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Názov: E. O. Hoppé's London Types.
Autori: Stokoe, Brian1
Zdroj: London Journal. Jul2011, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p161-185. 25p.
Predmety: Portrait photography, Working class, Working class in art
Geografický termín: London (England), England, United Kingdom
Osoby: Hoppé, Emil Otto, 1878-1972, Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004
Abstrakt: Photographers have always been fascinated by social extremes, and in the work of E. O. Hoppé one finds a remarkable contrast between portraits drawn from London's high society and those made of London characters and social 'types'. Hoppé's photographs register something of the tensions of a society caught up in the condition of modernity, in rapid and far-reaching processes of demographic and cultural change, and he is a perceptive observer of the ascendancy (or decline) of London trades and professions in the interwar period. Examined in the light of observations by Susan Sontag, however, I argue that Hoppé's portraits of the metropolitan working classes are pervaded by a superficially benign, but ultimately paternalistic, class tourism. Here, I locate Hoppé's photographs within contemporary discourses of class, and situate his work within the broader history of typological representations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstrakt:Photographers have always been fascinated by social extremes, and in the work of E. O. Hoppé one finds a remarkable contrast between portraits drawn from London's high society and those made of London characters and social 'types'. Hoppé's photographs register something of the tensions of a society caught up in the condition of modernity, in rapid and far-reaching processes of demographic and cultural change, and he is a perceptive observer of the ascendancy (or decline) of London trades and professions in the interwar period. Examined in the light of observations by Susan Sontag, however, I argue that Hoppé's portraits of the metropolitan working classes are pervaded by a superficially benign, but ultimately paternalistic, class tourism. Here, I locate Hoppé's photographs within contemporary discourses of class, and situate his work within the broader history of typological representations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:03058034
DOI:10.1179/174963211X13034705699261