Description
The shifting styles and emphases of the 20th century are traced via the remarkable photographs of Edward Weston and Ansel Adams as straight photography superseded Pictorialist poetry in the 1930s, via the work of aesthetic photographers Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind who were influenced by abstract painting, and through the work of street photographers like Garry Winogrand and Diane Arbus who were observing and recording the rapid social and economic changes in American society.
Acton provides historical context, brief biographies, and a glossary of photographic terms. A second volume on 19th-century photographs is planned for 2022. The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame is considered to be one of the finest university art museums in America. Its permanent collection of 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century photography comprises 10,000-plus pieces
Author: David Acton
Publisher: Giles
Published: 11/12/2019
Pages: 456
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 6.60lbs
Size: 12.30h x 9.40w x 1.80d
ISBN13: 9781911282402
ISBN10: 1911282409
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | Permanent Collections
- Photography | History
- Photography | Reference
About the Author
David Acton is Milly and Fritz Kaeser curator of the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame. Among his exhibitions and publications is The Stamp of Genius: Abstract Expressionist Prints (2001).
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