Bassnett, Sarah, 1970- author.

Picturing Toronto : photography and the making of a modern city / Sarah Bassnett.

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016]

xii, 208 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm

McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history

"In 1911, when Arthur Goss was hired as Toronto's first official photographer, the city was at a critical juncture. Industry expansion and population growth produced pressing concerns about housing shortages, sanitation, and the health and welfare of citizens. Dispelling popular misconceptions, Picturing Toronto demonstrates that Goss and other photographers did not simply document the changing conditions of urban life --their photography contributed to the development of modern Toronto and shaped its inhabitants. Drawing on archival sources from the early twentieth century, Sarah Bassnett investigates how a range of groups, including the municipal government, social reformers, and the press, used photography to reconfigure the urban environment and constitute liberal subjects. Through a series of case studies, including the construction of the Bloor Viaduct, civic beautification plans, urban reform in "the Ward," immigration and citizenship, and Goss's portrait photography, Bassnett exposes how photographs were at the heart of debates over what the city should look like, how it should operate, who should reside where, and under what conditions it was appropriate for people to live. This lavishly illustrated book is the first study to treat images as vital elements that shaped Toronto's social and political history. Interdisciplinary in its approach, Picturing Toronto displays the complex entanglements between photography and urban modernity."-- Provided by publisher.

9780773546714 (bound)
0773546715 (bound)

Goss, Arthur S.
Goss, Arthur S. (Arthur Scott), 1881-1940.
Goss, Arthur S. (Arthur Scott)
Photographers Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
Photography Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
Photography Social aspects Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
Photography Political aspects Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
City planning Ontario Toronto History 20th century Case studies.
Photographes Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle.
Photographie Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle.
Photographie Aspect social Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle.
Photographie Aspect politique Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle.
Design urbain Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle Études de cas.
City planning
Photographers
Photography
Photography Political aspects
Photography Social aspects
Toronto (Ont.) History 20th century Pictorial works.
Toronto (Ont.) Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Ontario Toronto

Case studies
History
Pictorial works
Études de cas.

Goss, Arthur S. Photographs. Selections.
McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.

Location: Library main canada 292136
Call No.: BIB 236212
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