Color: American Photography Transformed (William & Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292753012 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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He coedited the collection of essays Reframing the New Topographics, and his other publications include “Time in New England: Creating a Usable Past,” in Paul Strand: Essays on His Life and Work; Eliot Porter: The Color of Wildness; Regarding the Land: Robert Glenn Ketchum and the Legacy of Eliot Porter; and Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke. A leading curator in the f
Sylvie Pénichon offers a succinct survey of the technological advances that made color in photography a reality and have since marked its multifaceted development. Tracing the development of color photography from the first color photograph in 1851 to digital photography, John Rohrbach describes photographers’ initial rejection of color, their decades-long debates over what color brings to photography, and how their gradual acceptance of color released photography from its status as a second-tier art form. By accepting color’s flexibility and emotional transcendence, Szarkowski and Eggleston transformed photography, giving the medium equal artistic stature with painting, but also init
"This book makes an important contribution to the fields of photohistory and cultural history. You really get a sense of key players in the field: who had influence, how they exerted it, and what their agenda was (even if the agenda changed over time.) There is even a degree of suspense as the history unfolds." (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Head of the Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art)"Rohrbach has uncovered, through interviews and secondary sources, a great deal that has not been stated in print before a superior work." (Arthur Ollman, San Diego State University, Founding
Important book on color photography I never tire looking at this book. The plates are the best reproduction I've seen in a long time, and a great selection. This book examines why color did not "take" like black and white early on, and argues how it rose up by focusing on color theory and ideas where black and white photography couldn't. It lent itself to a whole new aesthetic.Rohrbach is thoughtful and convincing in his argument for color, and it's import. The History of Color photography. Robert Langham Informative history or color photography. Very much a tome, but not a tomb. Worth buying and reading if you want to know where you are in the history of photography.. "Color:American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum of American Art." according to 12Color:American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Believe it or not, I haven't looked at it yet, it was a Christmas gift to myself. I imagine it to be exciting and beautiful and very educational for someone who loves colour Photography, as I do.. schipperke. Believe it or not, I haven't looked at it yet, it was a Christmas gift to myself. I imagine it to be exciting and beautiful and very educational for someone who loves colour Photography, as I do.