Crossing the Frontier
Subtitle: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: November 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780811814201
Subjects: American history; Photographs: collections; Landscape photography; Exhibition Catalogs; Photo Essays; USA; Photography / General; Exhibitions; History; West (U.S.)
Description: Poignant and provocative, Crossing the Frontier is the first book to trace the tradition of landscape photography in the American West, with over 150 images, many never before published. From the gold rush to the great railroad constructions, the early images featured here chart the rapid advance of industrialization during the nineteenth century. More recent photographs convey the complicated aftereffects of this westward expansion, documenting the trail of human encroachment on the natural environment.

Published in conjunction with a major photographic exhibition, this volume features work by many important classic and contemporary photographers, as well as essays on the photography, mythology, geology, and architecture of the West by four distinguished authors.