American photography /
Miles Orvell.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Oxford history of art .
- Oxford history of art. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Presenting the Self -- Ch. 3. Viewing the Landscape -- Ch. 4. Seeing and Believing -- Ch. 5. A Photographic Art -- Ch. 6. Photography and Society -- Ch. 7. Versions of the Self: Memory, Identity, Autobiography -- Ch. 8. Photographing Fictions -- Ch. 9. Photography and the Image World -- Ch. 10. Conclusion: Post-photography.
"This comprehensive new survey places American photography in its cultural context for the first time. Prize-winning author, Miles Orvell, examines this fascinating subject through portraiture and landscape photography, family albums and memory, analyzing the particular way in which American photographers view the world around them - from Alfred Stieglitz to Walker Evans, Andy Warhol to Cindy Sherman."--Jacket.