Text span. - Andere Ausgaben: Erstausgabe 1986, 2. Aufl. 1990. Die meisten Aufnahmen des Bandes stammen von dem Photoreporter Victor Agustin Casasola, der allerdings für sein eigenes Archiv auch Aufnahmen anderer Photographen erwarb und vertrieb.
“Exploration of the complex and often conflicting discourse on photography in the 19th century, tracing the various descriptions of photography in the 19th century, tracing the various descriptions of photography as art, science, magic, testimony, proof, document, record, illusion, & dagnosis.” (Cat. Literature on Photography no. 43, New York: F. & E. Pajerski 1998).
Examines the history and breadth of United States immigration through social documentary photography, portraiture, genre pictures, cartoos, illustrations, and broadsides. - 24.95 $. 38.95 CDN $.
Text engl. - Fleeing fascism, war, and persecution, numerous European artists and photographers came to the United States during the mass emigrations of the 1930s and 1940s. “Reframing America” explores the artistic and social visions of seven European émigé photographers who helped shape a new photography and a startling new vision of this country.