The early history of photography in America coincided with the
Euro-American settlement of the West. This thoughtful book argues
that the rich history of western photography cannot be understood
by focusing solely on the handful of well-known photographers whose
work has come to define the era. Art historian Rachel Sailor points
out that most photographers in the West were engaged in producing
images for their local communities. These pictures didn't just
entertain the settlers but gave them a way to understand their new
home. Photographs could help the settlers adjust to their new
circumstances by recording the development of a place--revealing
domestication, alteration, and improvement.
The book explores the cultural complexity of regional landscape
photography, western places, and local sociopolitical concerns.
Photographic imagery, like western paintings from the same era,
enabled Euro-Americans to see the new landscape through their own
cultural lenses, shaping the idea of the frontier for the people
who lived there.
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