America and Other Myths: Photographs by Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955 - Hardcover
by Lisa Volpe
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lisa Volpe, Susan Straight (Afterword by)Publish date:2023-10-10Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300270891ISBN-10:300270895UPC:9780300270891Book Category:Art, PhotographyBook Subcategory:History, Individual Photographers, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Contemporary (1945- ), Monographs, HistoricalSize:10.94 x 10.24 x 0.79 inchesWeight:2.7029Product ID:SCXZ65R42K
America and Other Myths: Photographs by Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955
Robert Frank's and Todd Webb's parallel 1955 projects to photograph America are considered in the context of mid-twentieth-century American culture In 1955 two photographers were awarded grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation to embark on trips across the United States. Robert Frank (1924-2019) drove coast to coast, photographing the highways, bars, and people that formed the basis for...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300270891ISBN-10:300270895UPC:9780300270891Book Category:Art, PhotographyBook Subcategory:History, Individual Photographers, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Contemporary (1945- ), Monographs, HistoricalSize:10.94 x 10.24 x 0.79 inchesWeight:2.7029Product ID:SCXZ65R42K
Lisa Volpe is curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Susan Straight is a writer whose books include Highwire Moon (2001), a finalist for the National Book Award, and Mecca (2022).
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