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American Women Photographers A Selected and Annotated Bibliography
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Martha Kreisel
Book Code: GR0478
ISBN: 0-313-30478-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30478-1
368 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 2/28/1999
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Art Reference Collection
Series Number: 18
Reviews:
  • Kreisel's book, by far the most extensive listing of works by and about American women photographers to date, serves as a checklist for famous and less familiar women photographers. Highly recommended.
    —Choice
  • Libraries with patrons interested in photography, women's studies, or U.S. cultural history will find this work a useful addition to the collection.
    —American Reference Books Annual
  • This is a good choice for academic libraries, museums, and professional and amateur photographers.
    —Feminist Collection
Description: American women have made significant contributions to the field of photography for well over a century. This bibliography compiles more than 1,070 sources for over 600 photographers from the 1880s to the present. As women's role in society changed, so did their role as photographers. In the early years, women often served as photographic assistants in their husbands' studios. The photography equipment, initially heavy and difficult to transport, was improved in the 1880s by George Eastman's innovations. With the lighter camera equipment, photography became accessible to everyone. Women photographers became journalists and portraitists who documented vanishing cultures and ways of life. Many of these important female photographers recorded life in the growing Northwest and the streets of New York City, became pioneers of historic photography as they captured the plight of Americans fleeing the Dust Bowl and the horrors of the concentration camps, and were members of the Photo-Secessionist Movement to promote photography as a true art form. This source serves as a checklist for not only the famous but also the less familiar women photographers who deserve attention.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations and Notations
  • Bibliography of American Women Photographers
  • Collected Works of American Women Photographers
  • Indexes
LC Card Number: 98-48654
LCC Class: Z7134
Dewey Class: 016
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