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Arthur Tress : San Francisco 1964 / James A. Ganz.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection F868.S156 T68 2012
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Van Pelt Library F868.S156 T68 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tress, Arthur, photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tress, Arthur--Exhibitions.
- Tress, Arthur.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works--Exhibitions.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- United States--History--1961-1969--Exhibitions.
- United States.
- Street photography--California--San Francisco--Exhibitions.
- Street photography.
- California--San Francisco.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- History
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition, pictorial works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tress, Arthur (donor) (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 111 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- San Francisco 1964
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2012.
- Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel
- Summary:
- "Sixty-four newly discovered images by the distinguished photographer Arthur Tress capture a uniquely American time and place. Best known for dreamlike staged imagery of people, places, and things, Tress is an accomplished photographer whose career spans more than fifty years. This monograph presents for the first time a collection of pictures the photographer took in 1964 as a young man newly arrived in San Francisco. That summer the city was ground zero for a historic culture clash as the site of both the 28th Republican National Convention and the launch of the Beatles' first North American tour. The resulting photographs reveal a theme familiar to Tress's many fans: the intersection of the absurd and the mundane. Formally posed portraits on the streets of San Francisco as well as candid views of shop windows, signs, and other idiosyncrasies of the local landscape capture the vibrant scene in the Bay Area at the dawn of a chaotic era. An introductory essay discusses the historical context of the works while an interview with Tress illuminates the making and rediscovery of these brilliant images."--Publisher description.
- Contents:
- Foreword / John E. Buchanan, jr.
- Through the lens of Arthur Tress : San Francisco 1964
- Plates
- Remembering 1964: a converstaion with Arthur Tress
- List of locations.
- Notes:
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964, de Young Museum, San Francisco March 3-June 3, 2012."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2023 by Arthur Tress.
- Kislak copy retains dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9783791351629
- 3791351621
- OCLC:
- 729342239
- Online:
- Publisher description
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