Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

After Image Magazine Study Collection

Summary
Collection ID:
EEPA.2023-003
Dates:
1993 - 1996
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
18 Magazines (periodicals)
B/W
17 x 11.5 in.
Repository:

Content Description
Content Description
Contains 18 issues of the publication After Image: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, from the 1990s. The journal published bimonthly and includes features, essays, local and international news, exhibition reviews, and book reviews.

Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism is a bimonthly journal published between 1972 and the present. Between 1972 and 2018, it was published by the Visual Studies Workshop--a non-profit organization in Rochester, New York dedicated to art education. In 2018, it transferred publishing to the University of California Press.
The original journal was founded by photographer Nathan Lyons. It printed bimonthly and cover themes of art, culture, and politics through features, essays, local and international news, and exhibition and book reviews. The focus of the journal was to create a social dialogue aronud politically engaged artistic practices and the artist as cultural critic and curator.

Administration
Author
Haley Steinhilber
Custodial History
Transferred from the Warren M. Robbins Library in 2015.

Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reproduce images from this collection must be obtained from University of California Press. This collection is subject to all copyright laws.

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Repository Contact
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 708
Washington, DC 20013-7012
elisofonarchives@si.edu