The World of Francis Cooper: Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Photographer

by Jay Ruby

The World of Francis Cooper is a biographical exploration of Francis Cooper, who practiced photography as an aesthetic recreation while a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania. It offers an unusual perspective on turn-of-the century American photography by examining the work of an unknown avocational photographer.

Cooper was a native Philadelphian of sufficient means to indulge in several recreations: competitive shooting,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271017627
• ISBN13: 9780271017624
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 11.3"