Photography and the Cultural History of the Postwar European City

Informationen zum Autor Tom Allbeson is a Lecturer in Cultural History in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, UK. Klappentext Examining imagery of urban space in Britain, France and West Germany up to the early 1960s, this book reveals how photography shaped individual architectural projects and national rebuilding efforts alike. An in-depth analysis of sixteen case studies of the publicly-circulating urban photography in postwar France, Britain and Germany that reveal how photography shaped the reconstruction of urban spaces in Western Europe after the Second World War. Zusammenfassung Examining imagery of urban space in Britain, France and West Germany up to the early 1960s, this book reveals how photography shaped individual architectural projects and national rebuilding efforts alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Contexts and Concepts 2. ‘Architecture of Destruction’: Visual discourses of ruin photobooks, c.1944–50 3. ‘To Re-educate the Eye’: Architectural photography and the housing crisis, c.1947–57 4. ‘The Face of the City’: Photographic Pleasures and the Illustrated press, c.1949–55 5. ‘The World of Tomorrow’: Photography and Internationalist Visions, c. 1955–62 6. Conclusion: The Transnational Optics of Postwar Reconstruction

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• Authors: Tom Albeson, Tom Allbeson, Tom (Cardiff University Allbeson, ALLBESON TOM
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Edwards (Editor), Jennifer Tucker (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781474234962
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-3496-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Photography, History: History,; Photography, History: History, Photography; Photography, History: History,
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Photography & photographs, Europe, Social & cultural history, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-), Urban & municipal planning, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, History of Architecture, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Photography and photographs, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)