The changing face of portrait photography : from daguerreotype to digital / Shannon Thomas Perich.

Author/creator Perich, Shannon Thomas
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : National Museum of American History, ©2011.
Descriptionxv, 159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentCover image
Subjects

Contents George K. Warren : the yearbook photographer-- a perfect brick (1832-1884) -- Julia Margaret Cameron : spiritual and intellectual riches (1815-1879) -- Barr & Wright Studio : Main Street photographers (1870-1880) -- Gertrude Käsebier : forging a path to beauty (1852-1934) -- Dorothea Lange : Migrant mother lives on (1895-1965) -- Nickolas Muray : an affectionate front (1892-1965) -- Richard Avedon : a portrait is not a likeness (1923-2004) -- Henry Horenstein : times marches on (b. 1947) -- Lauren Greenfield : the personal is potent (b. 1966) -- Robert Weingarten : portraits unbound (b. 1941).
Abstract "A richly illustrated volume examines ten photographers' portrait work and explores the power of the portrait and the role it plays in our personal and national identities. The Changing Face of Portrait Photography explores ten groups of portraits selected from within the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Photographic History Collection. The selections represent work by specific photographers with diverse relationships to portraiture, and through their sampling take a focused look at changing convention, theory, and technologies"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p.[152]-155) and index.
LCCN 2011014666
ISBN9781588342744 (hbk.)
ISBN1588342743 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TR575 .P463 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold