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Twentieth Century United States Photographers A Student's Guide
Kristin G. Congdon, Kara Kelley Hallmark
Book Code: GR3561
ISBN: 0-313-33561-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33561-7
424 pages, 136 photos, 14 figures
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2008
List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Each of the 75 entries includes a summary essay that incorporates biographical and career highlights along with a context for the photographer's work in photographic history. A short bibliography and a list of collections in which the work may be found are also furnished. Small black-and-white photographs accompany the entries, and a center section with select color photographs is featured. A glossary and index are provided along with a thoughtful introductory essay that reflects on the evolution of photography into its current role in modern life....This book serves as an excellent introduction for those seeking a framework for understanding the development of American photography and an appreciation for some of the major contributors.
    —ARBA Online     2008
  • Endorsement From Laurie E. Hicks, Professor of Art, University of Maine: This book offers a wide-ranging introduction to individuals and influences that are the foundation of twentieth century photography in the United States. Focusing on both well known as well as less familiar but influential photographers, Congdon and Hallmark provide an encyclopedic look at the lives of those individuals whose artistic method and imagery have given contemporary photography its rich and enduring texture. This book will be a valuable resource for students interested in photography.
Description: Since the invention of the first camera through the advent of digital photography, men and women have sought to communicate a variety of messages and document a variety of experiences both personal and professional through their lenses. Hallmark and Congdon trace the lives of seventy-five American photographers who have had the most impact on the world of photography and the culture at large. Whether they are capturing strinking landscape scenes, terrible workplace conditions, the minute detail of a flower, a face, or an abstract image, these photographers tell viewers a story that is at the same time a historical record of the past and an interpretation of the future. Photographers included in this volume: -Ansel Adams -Diane Arbus -Richard Avedon -Margaret Bourke-White -Edward Curtis -Walker Evans -Lewis Hine -Annie Leibovitz -Carm Little Turtle -Man Ray -Robert Mapplethorpe -Cindy Sherman -William Wegman -Edward Weston
LC Card Number: 2007015228
LCC Class: TR139
Dewey Class: 770
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