TY  - BOOK
AU  - Orvell,Miles
TI  - American photography
T2  - Oxford history of art
SN  - 0192842714
AV  - TR 23 .O78 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Photography
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 19th century
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -