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Alex Lichtenstein, “Margaret Bourke-White and the Dawn of Apartheid” (Indiana UP, 2016)
Alex Lichtenstein and Rick Halpern
Margaret Bourke-White and the Dawn of Apartheid

Indiana University Press, 2016

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in BiographyNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in the American South December 27, 2019 Beth A. English

Alex Lichtenstein, Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, discusses his new book with co-author Rick Halpern, Margaret Bourke-White and the Dawn of Apartheid (Indiana University Press, 2016) photojournalism, and writing transnational histories of labor and social justice movements. As a photographer for Life and Fortune magazines, Margaret Bourke-White traveled... Read More
Chris Arnade, “Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America” (Sentinel, 2019)
Chris Arnade
Dignity
Seeking Respect in Back Row America
Sentinel, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network December 11, 2019 Richard Davies and Jim Meigs

A lot of politicians like to say that there are “two Americas,” but do any of them know what life is really like for the marginalized poor? We speak with journalist and photographer, Chris Arnade, about the forgotten towns and people of back row America. In 2011, Chris left a... Read More
Catherine Clark, “Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Catherine Clark
Paris and the Cliché of History
The City in Photographs, 1860-1970
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhotographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network October 18, 2019 Roxanne Panchasi

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “Paris” and “photography”? Is it a famous photo, perhaps an Atget, Brassai, or Doisneau? In her new book, Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970 (Oxford UP, 2018), Catherine Clark explores the history... Read More
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

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