After the ruins, 1906 and 2006 : rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire / Mark Klett ; with Michael Lundgren ; essays by Philip L. Fradkin and Rebecca Solnit, and an interview with the photographer by Karin Breuer.

Main entry:

Klett, Mark, 1952-

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Description:

134 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 x 29 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition After the ruins, 1906 and 2006 : rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, December 17, 2005, to June 4, 2006."
Includes bibliographical references.
Mark Klett, rephotography, and the story of two San Franciscos / an interview with Karin Breuer -- Hell on earth / Philip L. Fradkin -- The ruins of memory / Rebecca Solnit -- Photographs -- Maps of photograph locations -- List of photographs and credits.

Summary:

How has San Francisco's urban landscape changed in the hundred years since the earthquake and cataclysmic firestorms that destroyed three-quarters of the city in 1906? For this provocative rephotography project, photographer Klett has gone to the same locations pictured in 45 photographs taken in the days following the 1906 earthquake and fires, and precisely duplicated each photograph's vantage point. The result is a powerful comparison that challenges our preconceptions about time, history, and culture. Features an essay by noted environmental historian Philip Fradkin on the events surrounding and following the 1906 earthquake, which he describes as "the equivalent of an intensive, three-day bombing raid."--Publisher description.

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Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0520244346 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520244344 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520245563 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520245563 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Klett, Mark, 1952- Exhibitions 2005 San Francisco (Calif.)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Exhibitions.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Fires California San Francisco History 20th century Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Repeat photography California San Francisco Exhibitions.
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906 Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
Incendies Californie San Francisco Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
Photographie comparée Californie San Francisco Expositions.
Fires
Repeat photography
San Francisco (Calif.) History 20th century Pictorial works Exhibitions.
San Francisco (Calif.) Pictorial works Exhibitions.
California
California San Francisco

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition, pictorial works
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Lundgren, Michael.
Fradkin, Philip L.
Solnit, Rebecca.
Breuer, Karin.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 243573
Call No.: BIB 173299
Status: Available

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