Examines the relationship between technology and culture around the turn of the century and considers the influence of the age of technology on photography, literature, and material culture

Product Description: Reconocido internacionalmente como el mejor fotógrafo de guerra, Robert Capa consiguió dotar su trabajo de una carga emocional que trascendió la verdad histórica y abrió el camino del fotoperiodismo contemporáneo. Sus imágenes de la guerra civil española y del desembarco aliado en Normandía son ya legendarios, así como su ...read more

Exploring a variety of cultural artifacts of American history, the author of Shades of Hiawatha presents a series of essays on such topics as the last photograph taken of Abraham Lincoln, the Brooklyn Bridge, the early works of Lewis Mumford, the photographs of Walker Evans and other artists, and the literary works of Howell, Whitman, Crane, and others.

* A brilliant, personal and original view of photography

Product Description: 150 years of American photography come alive in this exciting new book, placing it in its cultural context for the first time. Orvell examines this fascinating subject through a wide range of well known and less-well known images...read more

Examines the work of such female photojournalists as Alice Austen, Jessie Tarbox Beals, and Frances Benjamin Johnston, arguing that they produced images that helped to reinforce the imperialistic ideals that were forming at the beginning of the 20th century. (view table of contents)

More than one thousand photographs celebrate the people and places of America in a photographic tribute that captures some 150 years of American history, culture, lifestyles, and diverse character of a nation, in a collection of images drawn primarily from the Hulton Getty Picture Collection. 35,000 first printing.

Women’s Camera Work explores how photographs have been and are used to construct versions of history and examines how photographic representations of otherness often tell stories about the self. In the process, Judith Fryer Davidov focuses on the lives and work of a particular network of artists linked by time, interaction, influence, and friendship—one that included Gertrude Käsebier, Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, and Laura Gilpin.Women’s Camera Work ranges from American women’s photographic practices during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to a study of landscape photography. Using contemporary cultural studies discourse to critique influential male-centered historiography and the male-dominated art world, Davidov exhibits the work of these women; tells their absorbing stories; and discusses representations of North American Indians, African Americans, Asian Americans, and the migrant poor. Evaluating these photographers’ distinct contributions to constructions of Americanness and otherness, she helps us to discover the power of reading images closely, and to learn to see through these women’s eyes.In presenting one of the most important strands of American photography, this richly illustrated book will interest students of American visual culture, women’s studies, and general readers alike. (view table of contents)

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An evocative celebration of the 150th anniversary of photography chronicles the history of the American experience in four hundred superlative photographs that document the historical events, landscape, and people of America

Product Description: This collection of 100 outstanding American photographs celebrates achievements in the medium of photography over the past 150 years. Working with the prestigious collection at the Library of Congress, the author/editor has chosen superb images representing the contributions of such masters as Mathew Brady, Walker Evans, Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Dorothea Lange, and Ansel Adams to the rich pictorial heritage of a growing nation...read more

A history of modern American photography surveys major developments in photographic theory, trends, method, and style, as well as the works of noted American photographers, from 1945 to the present

Product Description: Wonderful portraits, 1850s towns, landscapes; full text plus 104 photos. Enlarged edition.