Includes a Foreword by Navajo Nation Museum Director Geoffrey I. Brown. Whether viwed as history or art, this book provides a distinct and singluar opportunity. Features over 90 beautiful duotone photopgraphs. More than fifty years ago, a young student of biochemistry and physics took his bulky, twin-lens reflex camera on a journey through the Dinetah, the land of the Navajo people. He entered with gifts - quartz crystals, abalone shells, and two bags of oranges - and he left with an invaluable photographic record of a ...
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Includes a Foreword by Navajo Nation Museum Director Geoffrey I. Brown. Whether viwed as history or art, this book provides a distinct and singluar opportunity. Features over 90 beautiful duotone photopgraphs. More than fifty years ago, a young student of biochemistry and physics took his bulky, twin-lens reflex camera on a journey through the Dinetah, the land of the Navajo people. He entered with gifts - quartz crystals, abalone shells, and two bags of oranges - and he left with an invaluable photographic record of a culture. With a historical perspective provided in a Foreword by Navajo Nation Museum Director Geoffrey I. Brown and an exhaustive introduction by the author/photographer himself, Navajo Nation 1950 is as informative as it is visually stunning. The scenes and events described in the photographer's essay are more than just stories; in fact, they are more important now than ever, in that Wittenberg is the only non-native photographer who had access to the Navajo Nation people and lands during the years 1950-1952. Today, access has been limited even further by The People, so some of the landscapes seen here can only be seen through Wittenberg's lens. Now that half a century has passed, the traditions of the Dine have evolved, so that extensive anecdotal and photographic records like this one become invaluable historic documents, as well as a feast for the eyes.
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New. In 1950, Jonathan Wittenberg, student of biochemistry and biophysics, went to live among the Navajo, or Dine, in New Mexico. With a bulky twin-lens reflex camera, Wittenberg recorded the people and their lives. This historical document is not only a entree to a time and place, but a surprisingly fine art foray by an untrained photographic eye. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 Colour. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 273 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1330. 2006. Hardback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Fine. Picture book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 128 p. Contains: Illustrations. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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New. Picture book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 128 p. Contains: Illustrations. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x0x11; Crisp, unmarked copy. The binding is tight, corners sharp; small dent on lower edge of back cover. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. First Edition; First Printing.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Picture book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 128 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. B Art Specials This large format, square hardcover is as New in a fine dj. White spine, dark title
