Main entry:

Klein, Mason, author.

Title & Author:

Modern look : photography and the American magazine / Mason Klein ; with essays by Maurice Berger, Leslie Camhi, and Marvin Heiferman.

Publication:

New York : Jewish Museum ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
©2020

Description:

184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 x 24 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name organized by the Jewish Museum, New York, May 1, 2020-September 13, 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Claudia Gold -- Modern look : photography, innovation, and the American magazine / Mason Klein -- 'In our lives we were whole' : Gordon Parks, picture magazines, and the struggle for identity / Maurice Berger -- Propriety and provocation : women, émigrés, and outliers in American magazines at mid-century / Leslie Camhi -- Astonish me! Photography, graphic design, and mid-century visual culture / Marvin Heiferman.

Summary:

"This dynamic study examines the intersection of modernist photography and American commercial graphic design between 1930 and 1960. Avant-garde strategies in photography and design reached the United States via European emigres, including Bauhaus artists forced out of Nazi Germany. The unmistakable aesthetic made popular by such magazines as Harper's Bazaar and Vogue-whose art directors, Alexey Brodovitch and Alexander Liberman, were both immigrants and accomplished photographers-emerged from a distinctly American combination of innovation, inclusiveness, and pragmatism. Beautifully illustrated with more than 150 revolutionary photographs, layouts, and cover designs, 'Modern Look' considers the connections and mutual influences of such designers and photographers as Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, Herbert Bayer, Robert Frank, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Cipe Pineles, and Paul Rand. Essays draw a lineage from European experimental design to innovative work in American magazine design at mid-century and offer insights into the role of gender in fashion photography and political activism in the mass media."--Amazon.

ISBN:

0300247192 (hardcover)
9780300247190 (hardcover)

Subject:

Universidad Sergio Arboleda.
Commercial photography United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Magazine illustration United States 20th century History Exhibitions.
Photographie commerciale États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Illustration des périodiques États-Unis 20e siècle Histoire Expositions.
Commercial photography History United States Exhibitions. 20th century.
Magazine illustration History United States Exhibitions. 20th century.
Exhibition catalogs.
Commercial photography
Magazine illustration
Gebrauchsgrafik
Mode
Modefotografie
United States

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Berger, Maurice, 1956-2020, contributor.
Camhi, Leslie, contributor.
Heiferman, Marvin, contributor.
Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room photo 308775
Call No.: TR690 .K56 2020
Status: Available