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Item Details
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THE ART OF THE AMERICAN SNAPSHOT, 1888-1978
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| By: |
Sarah Greenough, Diane Waggoner, Sarah Kennel |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£46.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0691133689 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691133683 |
| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 August, 2007 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Traces the evolution of American snapshot imagery and describes how technical, social, and cultural factors affected the look of snapshots at different periods. This catalogue reproduces some 250 snapshots drawn from Robert Jackson's collection. |
| Synopsis: |
The impact of the humble American snapshot has been anything but humble. Any American who takes a snapshot contributes to a compelling and influential genre. Since 1888, when George Eastman introduced the Kodak camera and roll film, the snapshot has not only changed everyday American life and memory; it has also changed the history of fine art photography. The distinctive subject matter and visual vocabulary of the American snapshot--its poses, facial expressions, viewpoints, framing, and themes--influenced modernist photographers as they explored spontaneity, objectivity, and new topics and perspectives. A richly illustrated chronicle of the first century of snapshot photography in America, The Art of the American Snapshot is the first book to examine the evolution of this most common form of American photography. The book shows that among the countless snapshots taken by American amateurs, some works, through intention or accident, continue to resonate long after their intimate context and original meaning have been lost. The catalogue of a fall 2007 exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, The Art of the American Snapshot reproduces some 250 snapshots drawn from Robert Jackson's outstanding collection and from a recent gift Jackson made to the museum. Organized decade by decade, the book traces the evolution of American snapshot imagery and describes how technical, social, and cultural factors affected the look of snapshots at different periods. |
| Illustrations: |
278 color and duotone illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award, College Art Association 2008 (United
Winner of Bronze Independent Publisher Book Medal, Photography Category 2008
Winner of First Prize, American Association of Museums Publication Design
Short-listed for Kraszna-Krausz Award for the Best Photography Book 2008 |
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Returnable |
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