Shot in Alabama : A History of Photography, 1839–1941, and a List of Photographers / Frances Osborn Robb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robb, Frances Osborn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photographers--Alabama--Biography.

Photographers.

Photography--Alabama--History--20th century.

Photography.

Photography--Alabama--History--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (593 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, [Alabama] : The University of Alabama Press, 2016.

Summary:

Shot in Alabama by Frances Osborn Robb is a visual and textual narrative of Alabama's photographic history from 1839 to 1941.It describes the phenomenon of photography as practiced in Alabama as a major cultural force, paying close attention to the particular contexts from which each image emerges and the fragments of microhistory that each image.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. "Engraved by the Sunbeams": The Daguerrean Era, 1839 to the Mid-1850s

2. "All Kinds of Pictures": Competing Technologies, 1855-1861

3. "The Ambrotypes and Bible I Sent by Mrs. Culver": Wartime, 1861-1865

4. "Remember That I Want a Picture": Photography, 1865-1880

5. "My Bud, A Rather Good Looking Somebody": Likenesses, 1880-1929

6. "One of Our Most Remarkable Views": Outdoor Photography, 1880-Early 1900s

7. "Make Pictures! Always . . . the Song . . . in My Head": On Location, Early 1900s-1929

8. "From Alabama": Illustrated Books and Art Photographs, 1880-1941

9. "Photography Was One of My Hobbies": Snapshots, 1889-1941

10. "Things Began to Change": Local Photography, 1929-1941

11. "Designed . . . For the Government": Farm Security Administration Photographs, 1935-1941

12. "Foster Turned in Some Damn Good Pictures": Project Photography, 1929-1941

13. "How Little They Know": Looking Forward, 1941-1945

Appendix: Who Shot Alabama? A List of Alabama Photographers, 1839-1941

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8173-8878-8

OCLC:

966288156