Crossing the frontier : photographs of the developing West, 1849 to the present / Sandra S. Phillips [and others].

Title & Author:

Crossing the frontier : photographs of the developing West, 1849 to the present / Sandra S. Phillips [and others].

Publication:

Description:

81 pages, 112 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 31 cm

Notes:
"Catalogue ... published on the occasion of the exhibition ... at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art"--Title page verso.
"Catalogue ... published on the occasion of the exhibition ... at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Director's Foreword / John R. Lane -- To Subdue the Continent: Photographs of the Developing West / Sandra S. Phillips -- Ralph Lauren's Teepee / Richard Rodriguez -- Emptiness on the Range: Western Spaces / Aaron Betsky -- Geology and Topography of the American West: Its Impact on Development / Eldridge M. Moores.

Summary:

Poignant and provocative, Crossing the Frontier is the first book to trace the tradition of landscape photography in the American West, with over 150 images, many never before published. From the gold rush to the great railroad constructions, the early images featured here chart the rapid advance of industrialization during the nineteenth century. More recent photographs convey the complicated aftereffects of this westward expansion, documenting the trail of human encroachment on the natural environment. Published in conjunction with a major photographic exhibition, this volume features work by many important classic and contemporary photographers, as well as essays on the photography, mythology, geology, and architecture of the West by four distinguished authors.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0811814203
9780811814201
0918471389
9780918471383

Subject:

Landscape photography West (U.S.) Exhibitions.
Photographie de paysages États-Unis (Ouest) Expositions.
Landscape photography.
West (U.S.) History Exhibitions.
États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire Expositions.
West United States.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Phillips, Sandra S., 1945-
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 134068
Call No.: TR23.6.C7 (ID:97-B383)
Status: Available

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