Reading American Photographs: Images as History Mathew Brady to Walker Evans

Name/Title

Reading American Photographs: Images as History Mathew Brady to Walker Evans

Entry/Object ID

2023-FIM-0060

Description

"In this landmark book, Alan Trachtenberg reinterprets some of America's most significant photohraphs, presenting them not as static images but rather as rich cultural texts suffused with meaning and historical content." --back cover Physical Description: 326 pages

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Photographs, Photography, History

Book Details

Author

Alan Trachtenberg

Edition

4th

Publisher

Hill and Wang

Place Published

Location

New York

Date Published

1989

LCCN

89-83647