John Margolies (1940–2016)
Autor von Pump and Circumstance: Glory Days of the Gas Station
Werke von John Margolies
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Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1940-05-16
- Todestag
- 2016-05-26
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of Pennsylvania (BA, MA)
- Berufe
- author
photographer
lecturer - Organisationen
- Architectural Record
Architectural League of New York - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Wyeth Endowment for American Art
Alicia Patterson Foundation
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- Werke
- 22
- Mitglieder
- 584
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- #42,938
- Bewertung
- 4.0
- Rezensionen
- 6
- ISBNs
- 26
- Sprachen
- 1
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A bit disjointed, though. Some chapters are a bit long (24-30 pages), while others very short (4-10 pages). Transitions from one topic to another are not always obvious or clear. Overbalanced toward upstate New York attractions. Text is more allegorical and guess work, rather than historically researched and documented.
That said, however, it's a book by a photographer, not a historian. And it does contain some lovely images of quirky place from the West Coast, Midwest, Southeast, the South, and Northeast.… (mehr)