The Purloined Landscape: Photography and Power in the American West
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R073714 Ned. Fotomuseum tate papers 21 2014 John Beck
TitleThe Purloined Landscape: Photography and Power in the American West
Author
Edition[nummer] 21
[tijdschrift; titel] Tate Papers
[tijdschrift; maand] April
Photographer
Iconographic keywords
Year of publication2014
Materialartikel
Document TypeArticle
External document
Tate_Papers_21_2014_John_Beck_The_Purloined_Landscape_[ocr][o].pdf
SubjectNew Topographers, Geschiedenis van de landschapsfotografie, Landschapsfotografie (teksten over), digitaal beschikbaar
Geographical keywordVerenigde Staten
Abstract
John Beck argues that Edgar Allan Poe's story The Purloined Letter' (1844) about a secret
hidden in plain sight offers insights into the relationship between Western US landscape
photography and the restructuring of the terrain by military-industrial interests after the
Second World War.
hidden in plain sight offers insights into the relationship between Western US landscape
photography and the restructuring of the terrain by military-industrial interests after the
Second World War.
| Copy number | R073714 |
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| Shelf mark | tate papers 21 2014 John Beck |