863863

Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California #863863

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Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California #863863
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Johnson, Drew Heath
Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography, 1850 to the Present <p> W W Norton & Co Inc, 2001. Hardcover, 366 pages. <p> From Rare daguerreotypes of gold prospectors to Edward Weston&#39;s intimate portraiture, from glamour shots of Hollywood starlets to Dorothea Lange&#39;s arresting Dust Bowl imagery, Capturing Light offers a rich, extensive survey of the master photographers who have shaped the consciousness of a state -- and a nation -- for more than a century and a half. This lush book&#39;s 200 color plates reflect the pioneer spirit and avant-garde sensibility of California, including works from such greats as Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Edward S. Curtis, Oscar Maurer, and Carrie Mae Weems. Capturing Light also offers an illuminating series of essays by scholars who elucidate and in some cases prophesy how California&#39;s photographers have forever changed the medium of photography and affected a nation&#39;s conscience and aesthetic sensibility. Capturing Light is an essential work for any lover of photography and for those who seek the essence of California. <p> This book accompanies an exhibit that opened in March 2001 at the Oakland Museum, where Johnson is curator of fine art photography. Arranged chronologically along with the photographs are essays by five well-known photohistorians and critics: Therese Thau Heyman (who built the photography collection at the Oakland Museum from the 1960s), Peter Palmquist, Naomi ...
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<tr><td>Location:New York</td></tr>
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