Now is then : snapshots from the Maresca Collection
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R013571 Ned. Fotomuseum $COLL MARESCA 2008
TitleNow is then : snapshots from the Maresca Collection
Edition[editie] 1st ed.
Photographer
Iconographic keywords
Place of publicationNew York
PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press
Year of publication2008
Pagination192 p.
IllustrationsZwart-Wit en kleur
Dimensions21 x 25 cm.
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
ISBN9781568987484156898748X
External document
Bibliographic Noteshc; Includes bibliographical references.
Subjectamateurfotografie, Fotocollecties: USA, Snapshot fotografie (genre), Maresca, Fred {collectie}
Geographical keywordVerenigde Staten
Abstract
From Publishers Weekly: -
"This delightful, small-scale coffee table tome is perfect for anyone whose curiosity has been piqued while sifting through abandoned family snapshots in an antique store. Offering highlights from the Maresca collection of photographs housed at the Newark Musuem, each of these anonymous, care-worn photographs provides a potent glimpse of America between the 1920s and '60s, long before throw-away digital photography rendered amateur picture-taking less deliberate, more ephemeral. Among three essays and an interview with Frank Maresca, the standout is English professor Nancy Martha West's, in which she confides a desire to "invent a story for almost every snapshot in this catalog"; it's a sentiment readers will find contagious. Ultimately, the book proves not only a tour-de-force social document of the 20th century, but also a testament to the power of even the most amateur of photographers to capture and preserve a singular moment of long-forgotten life."
"This delightful, small-scale coffee table tome is perfect for anyone whose curiosity has been piqued while sifting through abandoned family snapshots in an antique store. Offering highlights from the Maresca collection of photographs housed at the Newark Musuem, each of these anonymous, care-worn photographs provides a potent glimpse of America between the 1920s and '60s, long before throw-away digital photography rendered amateur picture-taking less deliberate, more ephemeral. Among three essays and an interview with Frank Maresca, the standout is English professor Nancy Martha West's, in which she confides a desire to "invent a story for almost every snapshot in this catalog"; it's a sentiment readers will find contagious. Ultimately, the book proves not only a tour-de-force social document of the 20th century, but also a testament to the power of even the most amateur of photographers to capture and preserve a singular moment of long-forgotten life."
| Copy number | R013571 |
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| Shelf mark | $COLL MARESCA 2008 |