Image and Inscription: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Photography

Image and Inscription presents the diversity and the changeable milieu of photographic practice and evokes an unanticipated moment in Canadian photography. It also represents an important step in expanding the contemporary authorship on photography in Canada. The practice of photography and photo-based art has established a unique presence in art since 1945. It has surpassed Walter Benjamin's predictions on image literacy and critical inscription. Explorations of temporality, history, narrative, memory and forgetting, situated identity, contemporary technology, and art are infused through the images and texts assembled in this volume. - from the Introduction by Robert Bean

The publication of Image and Inscription celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, an artist-run centre whose mandate is to promote photo-based art through exhibition and dissemination.

Robert Bean is an artist, writer, and teacher living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is currently a Professor at NSCAD University. Bean has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, and New Zealand. He has published articles on photography, art, and cultural history, has written catalogue essays, and completed numerous curatorial projects.