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Photography and play / Erin C. Garcia.
LIBRA TR642 .G373 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garcia, Erin C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photography, Artistic.
- Play--Pictorial works.
- Play.
- Recreation--Pictorial works.
- Recreation.
- Photography--History.
- Photography.
- History.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2012]
- Summary:
- Drawn from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, this volume on recreation and photography provides an attractive selection of photographs focusing on play and leisure. The volume includes works from photographic artists of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries depicting people playing games, enjoying popular recreational facilities of the time, and relaxing. The book includes an introductory essay on the popularization of personal photography and the ways in which access to inexpensive cameras influenced leisure activities and their documentation. Garcia is an independent curator based in San Francisco. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- ISBN:
- 9781606061077
- 1606061070
- OCLC:
- 755640706
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