PhotoLit - Trachtenberg, Alan

26 essays, published in the 100th anniversary year of Paul Strand’s birth.

Text engl. - Incl. single contributions not listed in PhotoLit.

Text engl. - Published in Great Britain by Thames and Hudson under the title “W. Eugene Smith: The camera as conscience”.

Portraits photographed by Tucker in a small Arkansas town in which Mike Disfarmer (1884-1959) had taken photographs in the 1940ies. Partially this is a „rephotography project“ as Tucker has portrayed some of Disfarmer‘s models. S. also entry „Disfarmer“.

Historcal essays. Single contributions are not listed in PhotoLit.

Originalausgabe The Tunnel. New Haven, London: Yale University Press 1995.

Deutsche Ausgabe: Der Tunnel. München et al.: Schirmer/Mosel 1996. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 12.2000.

Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 06.2001.

All FSA photographers mentioned.

Incl. cat. raisonnée of Southworth & Hawes’ daguerreotypes. An exhaustive and well presented work on the Boston pioneers. Essays and single contributions to this cataloge are not yet included in PhotoLit. - „From 1845 to 1862, the Boston partnership of Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes maintained the most celebrated photography studio in the United States. Taking as their subjects both the greatest personalities of the day and the natural spectacles of the American landscape, such as Niagara Falls, Southworth & Hawes elevated the new medium of daguerreotype photography to the level of art. Transcending the mere recording of factual detail, their daguerreotypes reflect a quintessentially American aesthetic and embody an emerging national culture and spirit. Young America will be the most significant publication to date on Southworth & Hawes, featuring full-scale color reproductions of all plates in the exhibition as well as 2,000 additional black-and-white illustrations. It will include a critical analysis of the historical and cultural importance of the work of Southworth & Hawes, with original texts by Brian Wallis, ICP Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator, and Grant Romer, Director of the advanced program in Photography Conservation at George Eastman House, among other scholars. Appendices will include a chronology, an annotated bibliography, an exploration of the daguerreotype process, brief biographies of the sitters, and a Southworth & Hawes family genealogy, making the catalogue an invaluable resource for researchers as well as general readers. The book includes an annotated bibliography, exhibition checklist, and chronology.“ (http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/ACT_PSTORE/PSSB/386521066X/).

Text engl. - „Dokumentarische und stimmungsvolle Elemente - beides vereint Wright Morris in Schwarzweißphotographien aus den USA. Er hat bei seinen Architektur-, Innenraum- und Stillleben-Fotografien sein Augenmerk auf das gerichtet, was Amerika von anderen Ländern der Erde unterscheidet. Diese Motive finden sich vor allem im ländlichen Amerika, es sind die Holzhäuser der Kleinstädte, die Farmen, Windräder, die Lehmbauten New Mexicos und anderes mehr. Morris, der vor allem durch seine Essays zur Photographie bekannt wurde, hat bis etwa 1950 fotografiert und sich später ganz der Schriftstellerei gewidmet. Sein photographischer Stil könnte als stimmungsvoll dokumentarisch bezeichnet werden, Einflüsse von Walker Evans und auch von Ansel Adams, die er beide gut gekannt hat, sind dabei nicht zu übersehen.“ (Buchhandlg. Lindemann Stuttgart 02.2006).

Published in the US by Harry N. Abrams under the title “W. Eugene Smith. Photographs 1934-1975.“