American Photography

by Miles Orvell

Book Overview

150 years of American photography come alive in this exciting new book, placing it in its cultural context for the first time. Orvell examines this fascinating subject through a wide range of well known and less-well known images. He ranges from portraiture and landscape photography, family albums and memory, and analyses the particularly 'American' way in which American photographers have viewed the world around them.

Orvell combines a clear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192842714
• ISBN13: 9780192842718
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.8"