The Extended Document. An Investigation of Information and Evidence in Photographs.

International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1975. Introduction by William Jenkins.  Exhibition catalog, stiff illustrated wraps, 32 pp., 23 illustrations. Checklist of 149 photographs and works in series by six photographers (John Baldessari, Thomas Barrow, Michael Bishop, Marcia Resnick, Richard W. Schaeffer and William Wegman). Includes photographers' biographies. Very good, scarce. Summary:

The Extended Document: An Investigation of Information and Evidence in Photographs (1975), published by the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, is a 32-page exhibition catalogue curated and authored by assistant curator William Jenkins.

Key Details & Summary

• Scope & Concept: Accompanied a groundbreaking 1975 exhibition exploring how conceptual photographers utilized photographic series, narrative sequences, and contextual framing to interrogate the nature of visual evidence and factual truth.

• Featured Artists: Includes 22 black-and-white plates showcasing works by six prominent artists: John Baldessari, Thomas Barrow, Michael Bishop, Marcia Resnick, Richard W. Schaeffer, and William Wegman.

• Interrogating the "Document": Examines the shift in contemporary photography away from taking an image's objective veracity for granted, highlighting how sequence, humor, manipulation, and socio-cultural context reframe raw photographic data into complex narrative constructions.

• Historical Context: Organized by curator William Jenkins in the same year as his seminal New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape exhibition at George Eastman House, The Extended Document stands as a key 1970s benchmark bridging conceptual art strategies with fine-art photographic theory.