Seeing America : women photographers between the wars / Melissa A. McEuen.
Seeing America explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Taken together, they visually articulated the essential ideas occupying the American consciousness in the years between the world wars. Melissa McEuen examines the w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2004.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | Seeing America explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Taken together, they visually articulated the essential ideas occupying the American consciousness in the years between the world wars. Melissa McEuen examines the work of Doris Ulmann, who made portraits of celebrated artists in urban areas and lesser-known craftspeople in rural places; Dorothea Lange, who magnified human dignity in the midst of poverty and unemployment; Marion Post Wolcott, a steadfast believer in collective strength as the antidote to social. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (374 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813158419 0813158419 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |