Framing the West : the survey photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan / Toby Jurovics ... [et al.] ; foreword by Page Stegner.
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TextPublication details: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2010Description: 272 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cmISBN: 9780300158915 (hbk.) :; 0300158912 (hbk.) :Subject(s): O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 -- Travel -- West (U.S.) -- Exhibitions | King, Clarence, 1842-1901 -- Travel -- West (U.S.) -- Exhibitions | Landscape photography -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions | Photography in geography -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions | Geological surveys -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century | Landscape photography | West (U.S.) Photography. -- Pictorial works -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 779.3'6'0978 Summary: The first major publication on O'Sullivan in more than 30 years, this book offers a new aesthetic and formal interpretation of O'Sullivan's photographs and assesses his influence on the larger photographic canon. There is a chronology of O'Sullivan's life. Andrew Russell's photographs for geological survey are also presented and discussed.
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Published to accompany the exhibition Framing the West held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., from Feb. 12 to May 9, 2010.
Includes bibliography (p. 241-243) and index.
The first major publication on O'Sullivan in more than 30 years, this book offers a new aesthetic and formal interpretation of O'Sullivan's photographs and assesses his influence on the larger photographic canon. There is a chronology of O'Sullivan's life. Andrew Russell's photographs for geological survey are also presented and discussed.
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