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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785900603321

Autore

Raeburn John

Titolo

A staggering revolution [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history of thirties photography / / John Raeburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Illinois Press, c2006

ISBN

1-283-60908-8

9786613921536

0-252-09219-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 p.)

Disciplina

770.97309043

Soggetti

Photography, Artistic

United States Pictorial works

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

The rebirth of photography in the thirties -- Disestablishing Stieglitz -- Group f.64 and the problem of California photography -- An eastern beachhead -- Edward Steichen and celebrity photography -- MoMA's big top show -- Camera periodicals and the popular audience -- Culture morphology in Berenice Abbott's New York -- Farm Security Administration photography and the dilemmas of art -- Farm Security Administration photography in the aura of art -- The nation's newsstands -- The photo league, Lewis Hine, and the Harlem document -- Seeing California with Edward Weston -- Photography at high tide.