Reading American Photographs: Images As History from Matthew Brady to Walker Evans - Hardcover

Trachtenberg, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809080370 ISBN 13: 9780809080373

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 1989

Synopsis

Offers a broad perspective of major American photographers and their role in shaping and clarifying perceptions of past history from the Civil War to the Depression

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Review:

"Brilliantly elucidates how an informed cultural historian sees and interprets American images through the camera's eye."--Daniel Aaron, "Harvard "
"Alan Trachtenberg's Reading American Photographs gives fresh and fascinating insights into the household names of phototgraphic history."--Cornell Capa
"A splendid book [written with] learning and intellectual passion . . . thoroughly gratifying."--Alfred Kazin
"This is a must read for those interested in culture and politics. He brilliantly interprets the past for thepresent."--Wanda M. Corn, Standford University
"As Mr. Trachtenberg concludes, 'It is not so much a new but a clarifying light American photographs shed upon American relaity.' That light, as he has richly demonstrated, now illuminates our past in inescapable and powerful ways."--Williams S. McFeely, "The New York Times"

Brilliantly elucidates how an informed cultural historian sees and interprets American images through the camera's eye. "Daniel Aaron, Harvard"

Alan Trachtenberg's Reading American Photographs gives fresh and fascinating insights into the household names of phototgraphic history. "Cornell Capa"

A splendid book [written with] learning and intellectual passion . . . thoroughly gratifying. "Alfred Kazin"

This is a must read for those interested in culture and politics. He brilliantly interprets the past for thepresent. "Wanda M. Corn, Standford University"

As Mr. Trachtenberg concludes, 'It is not so much a new but a clarifying light American photographs shed upon American relaity.' That light, as he has richly demonstrated, now illuminates our past in inescapable and powerful ways. "Williams S. McFeely, The New York Times""

"Brilliantly elucidates how an informed cultural historian sees and interprets American images through the camera's eye." --Daniel Aaron, Harvard

"Alan Trachtenberg's Reading American Photographs gives fresh and fascinating insights into the household names of phototgraphic history." --Cornell Capa

"A splendid book [written with] learning and intellectual passion . . . thoroughly gratifying." --Alfred Kazin

"This is a must read for those interested in culture and politics. He brilliantly interprets the past for thepresent." --Wanda M. Corn, Standford University

"As Mr. Trachtenberg concludes, 'It is not so much a new but a clarifying light American photographs shed upon American relaity.' That light, as he has richly demonstrated, now illuminates our past in inescapable and powerful ways." --Williams S. McFeely, The New York Times

About the Author:

Alan Trachtenberg, Neil Gray, Jr., Professor of English and American Studies at Yale University, is the author of The Incorporation of America: Culture ans Society in the Gilded Age.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0809080370
• ISBN 13: 9780809080373
• Binding: Hardcover