American photography
By: Miles Orvell.
Series: Oxford history of art
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Photography -- United States -- History
Description: "This comprehensive new survey places American photography in its cultural context for the first time. Prize-winning author, Miles Orvell, examines this fascinating subject through portraiture and landscape photography, family albums and memory, analyzing the particular way in which American photographers view the world around them - from Alfred Stieglitz to Walker Evans, Andy Warhol to Cindy Sherman."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index.