The Official Picture: The National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division and the Image of Canada, 1941-1971 Volume 10

by Carol Payne

Mandated to foster a sense of national cohesion The National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division was the country's official photographer during the mid-twentieth century. Like the Farm Security Administration and other agencies in the US, the NFB used photographs to serve the nation. Division photographers shot everything from official state functions to images of the routine events of daily life, producing some of the most dynamic photographs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773541454
• ISBN13: 9780773541450
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 8.9"