- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: FSG Adult; Reprint edition (Nov 1 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0374522499
- ISBN-13: 978-0374522490
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
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- #5 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( A-C ) > Brady, Mathew
- #32 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( D-F ) > Evans, Walker
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Trachtenberg's sophisticated discussion finds in American photographs a way of reading the past--"the past as culture, as ways of thinking and feeling, as experience." For this study he considers images originally edited as albums, books, or photo-stories. In such works as Mathew Brady's Gallery of Illustrious Americans, the Civil War albums of Alexander Gardner and George Barnard, Timothy O'Sullivan's Western survey photographs, Lewis Hine's social work projects and texts, and Walker Evans's American Photographs, he sees photographers trying to make sense of their society while seeking to create a role for photography as an American art. This impressive analysis, which employs social, cultural, and political history as well as art criticism, is highly recommended for American studies and photography collections. (Photographs not seen.) --Ann Copeland, Drew Univ. Lib., Madison, N.J.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Brilliantly elucidates how an informed cultural historian sees and interprets American images through the camera's eye." -- Daniel Aaron, Harvard University
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A must, Mar 27 2009
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Trachtenberg's subtitle of Images as History , Mathew Brady to Walker Evans does no do the contents of book justice. This well-written and consrtucted book covers much more than from Mathew Brady to Walker Evasn, it also broaches photography subjects that were previously found in the realms of art history, architectual photographs, and of sociology, afroamerican representations. Ths book is a treasure for anyone interested in photography, America and its history.
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Heavy weight American Studies, Sep 25 2007
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If your interested in the mind of America, what we think and why we think it, Trachtenberg is your man. This is a very detailed, dense, and enjoyable work on the topic. It's premises are taken from the evidence gleaned from photographs and the history of the profession, a relatively new one (in the process of its own revolution from chemical to digital).
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