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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460422403321

Autore

Jacobs Philip Walker

Titolo

The life and photography of Doris Ulmann / / Philip Walker Jacobs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

0-8131-5639-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

770/.92

Soggetti

Women photographers - United States

Portrait photography - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Plates; Preface; Chapter One: Beginnings; Chapter Two: Moving On; Chapter Three: Photographing the South; Chapter Four: The Last Trip; Catalogue of Images; Appendix One: A Selective List of Public and Private Collections Containing Photographs, Books, and Archives By and About Doris Ulmann; Appendix Two: A List of Doris Ulmann's Exhibitions; Appendix Three: Published Photographs; Appendix Four: The Medium, Edition, Identification, and Rarity of Doris Ulmann's Photographs

Appendix Five: A Selective Index of Doris Ulmann's Photographic Subjects Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Doris Ulmann (1882-1934) was one of the foremost photographers of the twentieth century, yet until now there has never been a biography of this fascinating, gifted artist. Born into a New York Jewish family with a tradition of service, Ulmann sought to portray and document individuals from various groups that she feared would vanish from American life. In the last eighteen years of her life, Ulmann created over 10,000 photographs and illustrated five books, including  Roll, Jordan, Roll and  Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands.Inspired by the paintings of the European old masters and by the