Reading American Photographs
| Author | : Alan Trachtenberg |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1990-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0374522499 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780374522490 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (490 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Reading American Photographs by : Alan Trachtenberg
Download or read book Reading American Photographs written by Alan Trachtenberg and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1990-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers five documentary sequences or narratives: the antebellum portraits of Mathew Brady and others; the Civil War albums of Alexander Gardner, George Barnard and A.J. Russell; the Western survey and landscape photographs of Timothy O'Sullivan, A.J. Russell, and Carleton Watkins; and social photographs and texts by Alfred Stieglitz and Lewis Hine; as well as documentaries inspired by the Depression, esp. Walker Evans's American Photographs.