Carleton Watkins
Subtitle: the complete mammoth photographs
By: Weston Naef and Christine Hult-Lewis ; with contributions by Michael Hargraves, Jack von Euw, and Jennifer A. Watts
Contributors: Naef, Weston J., 1942-; Hult-Lewis, Christine; J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
ISBN-13: 9781606060056
Subjects: View cameras; Exhibitions; Pictorial works; Landscape photography
Description: This body of work covers the photographs of Carleton Watkins between 1858 and 1891. The authors have assembled and catalogued here all of Watkins's known "mammoth" (18 x 22 in.) glass-plate photographs. These include views of Yosemite, San Francisco Bay, counties up and down the pacific Coast, as well as mining pictures, lumber mills, the building of railroads, and the stunning landscapes and growing towns throughout the early history of the western United States. The catalogue is organized by region, with an introduction and reproductions of vintage maps, followed by full documentation for each mammoth photograph.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming a professional picture maker / Christine Hult-Lews; title: The great Yosemite Valley and related pictures / Weston Naef; title: San Francisco / Jack von Euw; title: The Pacific Coast / Weston Naef; title: South, East, and North of San Francisco Bay / Christine Hult-Lewis and Weston Naef; title: The California Missions project / Jennifer A. Watts; title: Picturing the topographical landscape / Weston Naef; title: Railroads and agriculture / Jennifer A. Watts; title: Mining pictures / Christine Hult-Lewis; title: Pictureing other subjects / Weston Naef; title: Appendix A: The Isaiah W. Taber Inventory / Weston Naef and Christine Hult-Lewis; title: Appendix B: Watkins signatures and imprints / Weston Naef with Michael Hargraves.