G. E. Kidder Smith builds : the travel of architectural photography / Angelo Maggi ; forward by Michelangelo Sabatino ; epilogue by Samuel Pujol Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maggi, Angelo.

Contributor:

Sabatino, Michelangelo.

Pujol Smith, Samuel.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, G. E. Kidder (George Everard Kidder), 1913-1997.

Smith, G. E. Kidder.

Architectural photography.

Architectural writing.

Physical Description:

272 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

[Novato, CA] : Oro Editions, 2022.

Summary:

George Everard Kidder Smith (1913-1997) was a multidimensional figure within the wide-ranging field of North American architectural professionals in the second half of the twentieth century. Although he trained as an architect, he chose not to practice within the conventional strictures of an architecture office. Instead, Kidder Smith "designed," researched, wrote, and photographed a remarkably diverse collection of books about architecture and the built environment. His work and life were deeply interwoven and punctuated by travel related to the research, writing, and promotion of books that sought to reveal the genius loci of the countries whose built environments he admired and wished to share with a broader audience. From the early 1940s to the late 1950s his interest in architecture led him to describe visually the architectural and historical identity of many European countries. After his far-flung travels over the decades, with his wife Dorothea, Kidder Smith focused on his own country and produced a series of ambitious books focused on the United States. Kidder Smith's vision and narrative betray the gaze of the traveller, the scholar, and the architect.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1954081537

9781954081536

OCLC:

1272857559