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Gabriel Jones, “Splashes” (RVB Press, 2018)
Gabriel Jones
Splashes

RVB, 2018

New Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in PhotographyNew Books Network September 19, 2019 Lorena Turner

The images featured in Splashes (RVB Press, 2018) are characteristic of Gabriel Jones’ approach to making images by capturing the “backdrop”, things behind the original subject. There is a performative element to this series in that Gabriel invited friends to pretend to pose at a party, he focused his camera... Read More
Kent Gramm, “Gettysburg: The Living and the Dead” (Southern Illinois UP, 2019)
Kent Gramm
Gettysburg
The Living and the Dead
Southern Illinois University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 16, 2019 Colin Mustful

Using a mixture of genres, Kent Gramm captures the voices of those past and present in his book, Gettysburg: The Living and the Dead (Southern Illinois University Press, 2019) Alongside stunning photographs by Chris Heisey, Gramm shares the experiences of the people at Gettysburg—both those historical figures who took part... Read More
Amy Lippert, “Consuming Identities: Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Amy Lippert
Consuming Identities
Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books Network June 25, 2019 Ryan Tripp

Along with the rapid expansion of the market economy and industrial production methods, such innovations as photography, lithography, and steam printing created a pictorial revolution in nineteenth-century society. The proliferation of visual prints, ephemera, spectacles, and technologies transformed public values and perceptions, and its legacy was as significant as the... Read More
Matthew Fox-Amato, “Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Matthew Fox-Amato
Exposing Slavery
Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 25, 2019 Christine Lamberson

Shortly after its introduction, photography transformed the ways Americans made political arguments using visual images. In the mid-19th century, photographs became key tools in debates surrounding slavery. Yet, photographs were used in interesting and sometimes surprising ways by a range of actors. Matthew Fox-Amato, an Assistant Professor at the University... Read More
Sigrid Lien, “Pictures of Longing: Photography and the Norwegian-American Migration” (U Minnesota Press, 2018)
Sigrid Lien
Pictures of Longing
Photography and the Norwegian-American Migration
University of Minnesota Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books in Politics & Society April 8, 2019 Colin Mustful

In one of history’s largest migrations, hundreds of thousands of Norwegians immigrated to North American during the 1800s and early 1900s. In addition to letters sent home, Norwegian-Americans often included photographs showcasing their new American lives. In her book, Pictures of Longing: Photography and the Norwegian-American Migration (University of Minnesota... Read More
Jorge Coronado, “Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2018)
Jorge Coronado
Portraits in the Andes
Photography and Agency, 1900-1950
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018

New Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Native American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 24, 2018 Ryan Tripp

In Portraits in the Andes: Photography and Agency, 1900-1950 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018), Jorge Coronado, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University, examines photography to further the argument that intellectuals grafted their own notions of indigeneity onto their subjects. He looks specifically at the Cuzco School of Photography... Read More
Erin Edwards, “The Modernist Corpse: Posthumanism and the Posthumous” (U Minnesota Press, 2018)
Erin Edwards
The Modernist Corpse
Posthumanism and the Posthumous
University of Minnesota Press, 2018

New Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books Network May 7, 2018 Eric LeMay

At the beginning of the 20th century, surrealists such as André Breton and Man Ray played a game called “Exquisite Corpse.” You can play it by drawing or by writing, and the rules are very simple. Let’s say you’re writing. You would write the beginning of a story or poem... Read More