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Reading American Photographs: Images as History-Mathew Brady to Walker Evans

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Reading American Photographs: Images as History-Mathew Brady to Walker Evans - Trachtenberg, Alan
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Winner of the Charles C. Eldredge Prize In this book, Alan Trachtenberg reinterprets some of America's most significant photographs, presenting them not as static images but rather as rich cultural texts suffused with meaning and historical content. Reading American Photographs is lavishly illustrated with the work of such luminaries as Mathew Brady, Timothy O'Sullivan, and Walker Evans--pictures that document the American experience from 1839 to 1938. In an outstanding analysis, Trachtenberg eloquently articulates how ...

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Reading American Photographs: Images as History-Mathew Brady to Walker Evans 1990, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, New York

ISBN-13: 9780374522490

Trade paperback

Reading American Photographs: Images as History-Mathew Brady to Walker Evans 1989, Hill & Wang, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780809080373

Hardcover