Synopses & Reviews
Zoe Leonardand#8217;s You see I am here after all brings together thousands of postcard images of the and#8220;great cataract,and#8221; Niagra Falls, from the early 1900s through the 1950s. This grand accumulation of viewpoints brings up issues as diverse as human interventions with nature and the function of landscape in inventing American historical narratives, as well as the technological evolution of image reproduction and dissemination.
Synopsis
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Dia:Beacon, New York, Sept. 21, 2008-January 9, 201
About the Author
Lynne Cooke is curator at Dia Art Foundation and chief curator at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofand#237;a, Madrid. Angela L. Miller is professor of art history at Washington University in St. Louis. Ann Reynolds is associate professor in the department of art and art history and the Center for Womenand#8217;s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.