A New Art: Early American Photography

by Jeff L. Rosenheim

This new study of nineteenth-century American photography presents a bottom-up history of the United States, featuring works by lesser-known practitioners that capture the changing scene across the country

In this groundbreaking history of early American photography, Jeff L. Rosenheim explores how the medium's evolution as a cultural, commercial, and artistic preoccupation mirrored the dramatic development of the nation's sense of itself...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588397939
• ISBN13: 9781588397935
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 320 Pages