Elevate the Masses - Alexander Gardner, Photography, and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century America

Examines the work of the photographer Alexander Gardner and explores transatlantic dialogues in American Civil War-era photography, demonstrating the concern over issues such as photography as a documentary form, the meaning of democracy, and the impact of industrialization on labor and social relations.

About the author

Makeda Best is Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Oakland Museum of California.

Summary

Examines the work of the photographer Alexander Gardner and explores transatlantic dialogues in American Civil War–era photography, demonstrating the concern over issues such as photography as a documentary form, the meaning of democracy, and the impact of industrialization on labor and social relations.

Product details

• Authors: Makeda Best, Makeda (Harvard University) Best, Makeda (Oakland Museum of California) Best, Best Makeda
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2020
• EAN: 9780271086095
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08609-5
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / Monographs, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / Art & Politics, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, History of art / art & design styles, Individual photographers, Art & Design Styles: Pre-Raphaelite Art, Photographic reportage