Into the sunset : photography's image of the American West / Eva Respini.

Main entry:

Respini, Eva.

Title & Author:

Into the sunset : photography's image of the American West / Eva Respini.

Publication:

Description:

168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Published to accompany an exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar. 29-June 8, 2009, and at the Seattle Art Museum, Feb. 25-May 23, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-159) and index.
Foreword -- Discovers, dreamers, and drifters / Eva Respini -- Plates -- Land -- People -- Lenders to the exhibition.

Summary:

Into the Sunset examines how photography has pictured, established and transformed the idea of the American West, from 1850 to the present. The development of photography coincided with the exploration and settlement of the West, and this simultaneous growth resulted in a complex relationship that has shaped the perception of that region's physical and social landscape to this day. Published to accompany a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Into the Sunset charts changing myths and cultural attitudes about the West through photographs dating from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. An expansive and dynamic survey, it brings together photographers as diverse as Carleton E. Watkins and Stephen Shore, Darius Kinsey and Dorothea Lange, Robert Frank and Cindy Sherman, an unknown daguerreotypist and Richard Prince. More than 120 works are organized thematically to highlight the artists' differing views of the West's land and people.

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ISBN:

9780870707490 (hbk.)
0870707493 (hbk.)

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Photography West (U.S.) History Exhibitions.
Landscape photography West (U.S.) Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Landscape photography
Manners and customs
Photography
Photography, Artistic
Fotografie
USA Weststaaten
Fotografi Förenta staterna historia.
Fotokonst Förenta staterna historia.
Fotografer Förenta staterna 1800-talet.
Fotografi Förenta staterna 1900-talet.
West (U.S.) Pictorial works Exhibitions.
West (U.S.) Social life and customs Exhibitions.
West (U.S.) In art Exhibitions.
États-Unis (Ouest) Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
États-Unis (Ouest) Mœurs et coutumes Expositions.
West United States
New York <NY, 2009>

Form/genre:

Ausstellung New York (NY) 2009.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition, pictorial works
History
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Ausstellung.
New York (NY, 2009)

Added entries:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Seattle Art Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261359
Call No.: BIB 192367
Status: Available

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