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American photography : America through photographers' eyes / Mattie Boom, Hans Rooseboom ; translation and copy-editing, Karen Gamester and Sue Hart.
Fine Arts Library N2460.A8 A44 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rijksmuseum (Netherlands), author.
- Boom, Mattie, author.
- Rooseboom, Hans, author.
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)--Exhibitions.
- Rijksmuseum (Netherlands).
- Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Photography--United States--History--Exhibitions.
- Photography.
- Photograph collections--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Exhibitions.
- Photograph collections.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 292 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm
- Other Title:
- America through photographers' eyes
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum ; Rotterdam : In association with nai010 publishers, [2025]
- Summary:
- "This book offers a sweeping portrait of the nation through the critical lenses of iconic photographers such as Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Nan Goldin, Andres Serrano, Andy Warhol and Carleton Watkins, capturing America in all its complexities -- its dreams, landscapes, and people. From the early daguerreotypes of frost flowers on a windowpane to the evocative works of Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, Sally Mann, Dawoud Bey and Sarah Sense, American photography traces the evolution of the medium as an art form. It also illuminates photography's prescence in everyday life: family portraits, advertisements, postcards and even record covers reflect how the medium has become an intrinsic part of American culture. Exploring themes like the American dream and the shifting social landscape, this book reveals how photographers have chronicled, questioned and celebrated the nation's identity across generations."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- At a crossroads
- The American dream
- Portraits
- Death and disaster
- At home
- Seeing is believing
- Landscapes
- Photography becomes art
- Provenance and credits
- Index
- Lenders and acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Dutch.
- Catalog of an exhibition of works chiefly from the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, held there, February 7-June 9, 2025.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9462089043
- 9789462089044
- OCLC:
- 1484427262
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