Reading American Photographs: Images As History, Mathew Brady to Walker Evans

by Alan Trachtenberg

Book Overview

Winner of the Charles C. Eldredge Prize. In this book, Alan Trachtenberg reinterprets some of America's most significant photographs, presenting them not as static images but rather as rich cultural... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374522499
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Hill and Wang
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A must

Trachtenberg's subtitle of Images as History , Mathew Brady to Walker Evans does no do the contents of book justice. This well-written and consrtucted book covers much more than from Mathew Brady to Walker Evasn, it also broaches photography subjects that were previously found in the realms of art history, architectual photographs, and of sociology, afroamerican representations. Ths book is a treasure for anyone interested in photography, America and its history.

Heavy weight American Studies

If your interested in the mind of America, what we think and why we think it, Trachtenberg is your man. This is a very detailed, dense, and enjoyable work on the topic. It's premises are taken from the evidence gleaned from photographs and the history of the profession, a relatively new one (in the process of its own revolution from chemical to digital).