The Pivot of the World: Photography and Its Nation
Stimson, Blake
ISBN 10: 026269333X ISBN 13: 9780262693332
Published by Mit Pr, 2006
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A study of three photographic projects that emerged in the 1950s-The Family of Man, Robert Frank's The Americans, and Bernd and Hilla Becher's typological record of industrial architecture-that expressed the modern desire for social belonging and the dream of nation.
About the Author: Blake Stimson is Professor of Art History at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of The Pivot of the World: Photography and Its Nation (2004), and coeditor (with Alexander Alberro) of Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology (2000), both published by the MIT Press.
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Title: The Pivot of the World: Photography and Its ...
Publisher: Mit Pr
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: paperback
Condition: New