Images of the West - Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880 (Hardcover)

As American settlement expanded westward in the 1860s, the U.S. government undertook large-scale investigations of its new territories. "Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880" presents memorable glass-plate photographs from these federal surveys. The selection includes breathtaking views of such iconic sites as Yosemite, as well as lesser-known ethnographic portraits taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, William H. Jackson, and William Bell, among others. The accompanying essays discuss how the photographs were used to promote white settlement, how their distribution at home and abroad contributed to the aggrandizement of the American West, and how the exploitative ideology underlying the use of photography extended to attitudes toward both American landscapes and American Indians.
The images are all drawn from French public collections, which hold an astonishing number of these U.S. survey photographs. Accompanying an exhibition at the Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, "Images of the West" provides a critical new examination of a bygone era.

General

Imprint:	Terra Foundation for the Arts,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	July 2007
Editors:	Bronwyn Griffith • Francois Brunet
Contributors:	Mick Gidley
Dimensions:	29 x 23 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-0-932171-54-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-932171-54-0
Barcode:	9780932171542

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