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Alan Trachtenberg is the Neil Gray, Jr., Professor Emeritus of English and American Studies at Yale University

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The American image: Photographs from the National Archives, 1860-1960 (1979) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben148 Exemplare
America and Lewis Hine: Photographs, 1904-1940 (1977) — Essay — 61 Exemplare
Observations : Essays on Documentary Photography (1984) — Mitwirkender — 29 Exemplare

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1932-03-22
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2020-08-18
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Hamden, Connecticut, USA
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New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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University of Minnesota (PhD | American Studies)
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Alan Trachtenberg is Neil Gray, Jr. Professor Emeritus of English and American Studies at Yale University.

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An examination in the style of literary criticism of photography and literature as it searches for American culture, particularly American city culture. The literature and collections of photography examined were created between 1830 and 1950.
 
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snash | 1 weitere Rezension | Jan 17, 2018 |
The best essay in the collection is the title essay. Trachtenberg's discussion of the narrative the viewer crafts through the viewing of portraits is fascinating. I lost interest a few pages into the essay on "Photographs as Symbolic History." I think most of his points have already been covered in other books on photographic history. The book would be especially interesting to Hawthorne readers. I never considered House of Seven Gables from that perspective before.
 
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Map13 | 1 weitere Rezension | Mar 19, 2010 |
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In 1955, groundbreaking photojournalist Gene Smith was hired to create a photo essay documenting Pittsburgh's evolution from an environmental threat to a city of the future. Trouble was, Smith didn't quite see it the way his employers did, and a three-week project turned into an art statement of Joycean complexity, Herculean proportions, and Sisyphean patience. Smith "failed," but as the photographs herein will attest, he left behind fragments of stunning depth. This book made me want to buy a camera and learn to "see."… (mehr)
 
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