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Iron Muse

Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad

By: Glenn Willumson

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Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad

By: Glenn Willumson

The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865–1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country’s two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. But it was through the power of images—and especially the photograph—that the railroad attained its iconic status. Iron Muse provides a unique look at the production, distribution, and publication of images of the transcontinental railroad: from their use as an official record by the railroad corporations, to their reproduction in the illustrated press and travel guides, and finally to their adaptation to direct sales and albums in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Tracing the complex relationships and occasional conflicts between photographer, publisher, and curator as they crafted the photographs’ different meanings over time, Willumson provides a comprehensive portrayal of the creation and evolution of an important slice of American visual culture.

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Univ of California Press

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0520955420

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9780520955424

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Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad

By: Glenn Willumson

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Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad

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W. Eugene Smith and the Photographic Essay

By: Glenn Gardner Willumson,W. Eugene Smith

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W. Eugene Smith and the Photographic Essay

By: Glenn Gardner Willumson,W. Eugene Smith

Editors published Smith's photo-reportage of Albert Schweitzer against the wishes of the photographer. Smith, at the height of his fame, resigned from Life magazine in protest. The result of his decision was immediate and personal, plunging him into an abyss of self-doubt that haunted him until his death in 1978. Willumson's narrative traces the history of this conflict and its implications for photojournalism. An engaging account of Smith's career, W. Eugene Smith and.

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0521414644

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9780521414647

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