Schuman, Aaron - Folk

Background information, content

"In the photo volume 'Folk' the first monograph by Aaron SCHUMAN, the US-American explores the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow—its collections and exhibits, as well as its own distinct customs and culture—via his own personal history.

Content

In one sense, the book 'Folk' by Aaron SCHUMAN focuses specifically on the regional and cultural heritage of his forefathers, but equally considers the ways in which this heritage has been collected, preserved, archived, documented and represented via the field of ethnography, and within the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow itself. Bringing together his own photographs of the museum’s collection and images from its vast archive, 'FOLK' is an examination of the Ethnographic Museum’s own traditions, history, archives, artifacts and practices over the course of the last century; it represents a story of curiosity, self-discovery and the forging of both history and memory. Personal narrative is interwoven with preservation and documentation, as Aaron SCHUMAN wholeheartedly embraces the museum’s stated mission of being a 'centre of reflection and understanding, of both ourselves and others." (NB books, 2016)

About the US-photographer Aaron SCHUMAN

Aaron SCHUMAN is an US-American artist, writer and curator, currently based in the United Kingdom. His photographic work is exhibited and published internationally, and held in a number of public and private collections.

Photo books by Aaron SCHUMAN