Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880

by Mick Gidley

As American settlement expanded westward in the 1860s, the U.S. government undertook large-scale investigations of its new territories. Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880 presents memorable glass-plate photographs from these federal surveys. The selection includes breathtaking views of such iconic sites as Yosemite, as well as lesser-known ethnographic portraits taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, William H...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932171540
• ISBN13: 9780932171542
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Terra Foundation for the Arts
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.2" x 11.3"