Description: The Documentary Photograph as a Work of Art: American Photographs 1860-1876 David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, 1976 49 pages, 10.25 x 11.5 inches. Softcover wraps. The art and science of photography was utilized during the Civil War and immediately afterwards to report on the progress of military campaigns and westward expansion. Even at this early moment when the purpose of photography was largely reportorial, photographers like Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Timothy O’Sullivan, George Bernard, and others whose work is examined here, were already concerned with making aesthetic choices in these seemingly straightforward documentations of the sufferings of war. Joel Snyder and Doug Munson with a forward by Edward A. Maser Rare Nest sells hard to find vintage photography, art catalogs, Chicago history and ephemera, art deco and artist-signed jewelry.
Price: 56 USD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
Modified Item: No
Subject: Art & Photography
Illustrator: Various
Topic: Photography: Monographs
Year Printed: 1974
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Chicago
Language: English
Author: Joel Snyder, Doug Munson
Publisher: Smart Museum, University of Chicago
