Amelia Earhart. Image and Icon

EARHART, Amelia Mary (Atchison, 1897 - Oceano Pacifico, 1937)

ISBN 10: 386521407X / ISBN 13: 9783865214072

Published by New York - Gottingen, ICP - Steidl,, New York - Gottingen, 2007

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A cura di Kristen Lubben e Erin Barnett. Catalogo pubblicato in occasione della mostra tenutasi presso l'International Center of Photography, New York 11 maggio - 9 settembre 2007. Testi di Kristen Lubben, Susan Butler, Susan Ware. Fotografie in bianco e nero di fotografi anonimi. Bibliografia e catalogo delle immagini riprodotte . 4to (cm 31,5x23,5). pp. 166. . Perfetto (Mint). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . Exhibition Catalogue - This exhibition will look at the role of photography and the media in the construction of the public persona of Amelia Earhart. The image of the famed aviator is as identifiable today as it was in 1937, the year her plane disappeared over the Pacific. In a time when aviators were glamorous symbols of adventure and modernity, Earhart was launched into instant celebrity, after being selected to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.Il catalogo della mostra esamina il ruolo della fotografia e dei media nella costruzione del personaggio pubblico di Amelia Earhart. L'immagine della famosa aviatrice è identificabile oggi come lo era nel 1937, l'anno in cui il suo aereo scomparve nel Pacifico. In un'epoca in cui gli aviatori erano simboli glamour di avventura e modernità, la Earhart raggiunse una celebrità istantanea, dopo essere stata scelta per essere la prima donna a volare attraverso l'Atlantico.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Amelia Earhart. Image and Icon
• Publisher: New York - Gottingen, ICP - Steidl,, New York - Gottingen
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 386521407X
• ISBN 13: 9783865214072
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: Prima edizione (First Edition).
• Condition: Perfetto (Mint)
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

This book examines the role of photography and the media in constructing Amelia Earharts iconic image, which remains as identifiable today as it was in 1937, the year her plane disappeared over the Pacific. Earharts career in the public eye began in 1928, when she was selected to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, in part because of her physical resemblance to Charles Lindbergh. In a time when aviators were glamorous symbols of adventure and modernity, Earhart was launched into instant celebrity aided considerably by one of the flights promoters, publisher George Palmer Putnam, whom Earhart later married. Between 1928 and her disappearance, Earhart was frequently pictured in newspapers and magazines, which profiled her record-breaking flights, forays into clothing design, or her endorsements for everything from cigarettes to luggage. Earhart, in turn, capitalized on the fame that her flying accomplishments (paired with Putnams relentless promotional machine) brought her to champion the advancement of women and other causes about which she was passionate and outspoken. In her unconventional pants and leather jacket, she became the embodiment of the new roles that began to seem possible for American women in the 1920s and 30s.