Synopses & Reviews
This unique book takes a thematic approach to twentieth century photography by focusing on the major developments of the 20-year periods into which the book is divided rather than on individual photographers. Photography 1900 to the Present presents excerpts from a cross-section of writers in the fields of photographic criticism and history on topics relevant to each period with the overview of each section providing a context for the art and culture of that era. The book also includes a timeline to exhibits, books, technical innovations, and professional organizations of each period. It also includes a bibliography of major periodicals dealing with 20th century photography. This enables readers to access current information on contemporary photographers. A valuable reference book for any reader interested in the evolution of 20th century art and photography and its impact on society.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-349) and index.
Table of Contents
I. The Period 1900-1920. Overview of the Period. Excerpts From:
Technology and the Market: George Eastman and the Origins of Mass Amateur Photography, Reese Jenkins. Pictorial Photography, Alfred Stieglitz. Alfred Stieglitz and his Work from Photography as a Fine Art, Charles Caffin. Gertrude Kasebier and the Artistic Commercial Portrait from Photography as a Fine Art, Charles Caffin. Methods of Individual Expression from Photography as a Fine Art, Charles Caffin. Other Methods of Individual Expression from Photography as a Fine Art, Charles Caffin. A Visit to Steichen's Studio, Sadakichi Hartmann. The Influences of Artistic Photography in Interior Decoration, Sadakichi Hartmann. The Photograph Beautiful 1895-1915, Christian Peterson. What Remains?,Sadakichi Hartmann. Is Photography a New Art?, Roland Rood. Camera Work; Social Work, Allen Trachtenberg. On the Invention of Photographic Meaning, Allan Sekula. Atget and the Art of Photography, John Szarkowski. A listing of photographers of the period.
II. THE PERIOD 1920-1940. Overview of the Period.
Excerpts From:
Photography, Paul Strand. Photography and the New God, Paul Strand. The Art Motive in Photography, Paul Strand. From Daybooks, V. 2., Edward Weston. Edward Weston's Late Landscapes, Andy Grundberg. Modern Photojournalism, Origins and Evolution 1910- 1933, Tim Gidal. On Photomontage, Barbara Morgan. Light — a Medium of Plastic Expression, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy. The Future of the Photographic Process, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy. From Pigment to Light, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy. Photomontage as a Weapon in Class Struggle, Durus. Photography and Typography, Jan Tschichold. A History of the Photo League: The Members Speak, Anne Tucker. From In This Proud Land, Roy Stryker. From Photographs of America: Walker Evans, Lincoln Kirstein. James Van Der Zee's Harlem Book of the Dead: A Study in Cultural Relationships, Diana Emery Hulick. Photography in the Service of Surrealism, Rosalind Kraus. Introduction from Great Photographic Essays of Life, Maitland Edey. Country Doctor from Great Photographic Essays of Life, Maitland Edey. Drama Beneath a City Window from Great Photographic Essays of Life, Maitland Edey. A listing of photographers of the period.
III. THE PERIOD 1940-1960. Overview of the Period.
Excerpts From:
The Judgment Seat of Photography, Christopher Phillips. Of Mother Nature and Marlboro Men: An Inquiry into the Cultural Meanings of Landscape Photography, Deborah Bright. A Personal Credo, Ansel Adams. Introduction from Places; Aaron Siskind Photographs, Thomas B. Hess. The Great Family of Man,Roland Barthes. American Photography and the American Dream, James Guimond. Aperture in the Fifties: The Word and the Way from American Photography: A Critical History 19456 to the Present, Jonathan Green. Memorable Fancies from Mirrors Messages Manifestations,Minor White. A listing of photographers of the period.
IV. THE PERIOD 1960-1980. Overview of the Period.
Excerpts From:
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin. The Photographic Message, Roland Barthes. The Rhetoric of the Image, Roland Barthes. A Series of Proposals, Janet Malcolm. Sights and Sounds from The World Viewed, Stanley Cavell. Two Roads, One Destination, Janet Malcolm. Introduction to The New Topographics, William Jenkins. Lee Friedlander's Guarded Strategies, Martha Rosler. Roy Decarava: 'Thru Black Eyes,' A.D. Coleman. Introduction to Jerry Uelsmann, Silver Meditations, Peter Bunnell. The Anti-Photographers, Nancy Foote. A listing of photographers of the period.
V. THE PERIOD 1980-2000. Overview of the Period.
Excerpts From:
The Self-Reflective Camera, Estelle Jussim. The Photographic Activity of Post- Modernism,Douglas Crimp. Art Technology and Postmodernism, Margaret Lovejoy. Digital Image, Digital Cinema, Roger Malina. Sexual Difference: Both Sides of the Camera, Abigail Solomon-Godeau. Barbara Kruger: Resisting Arrest, David Deitcher. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Philadelphia Story, Judith Tannenbaum. Auteurs as Autobiographers: Jo Spence and Cindy Sherman, James Guimond. Carrie Mae Weems: Issues in Black, White, and Color, Andrea Kirsch. Lorna Simpson, Andrew Wilkes. Reflections on Latin American Photography, Max Kozloff. A listing of photographers of the period. Timeline.
Bibliography.
Index.