Symbols of Ideal Life by Maren Stange
The documentary style that dominates American photography had its origins in the social reform publicity campaigns of the turn of the century. This book traces the history of this genre and its main participants, including Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Ben Shahn, and Russell Lee.
'Whether one agrees or not with the main thrust of Stange's argument, in its detailed and insightful discussion of the relationship between reform ideology and images, between social imagery and photojournalism, between real and ideal, Symbols of Ideal Life is an important contribution to our understanding of the evolution of the documentary style in photography' Art Journal
Maren Stange is a faculty member at Cooper Union and scholar of American documentary photography. Stange holds degrees in American Studies from Harvard and Boston Universities, and is the author of Symbols of Ideal Life: Social Documentary Photographs, 1890-1950.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521424295 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521424291 |
| Title | Symbols of Ideal Life |
| Author | Maren Stange |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1992-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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