
Viewpoints
Photographs from the Howard Greenberg Collection
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston (Publisher)
Published on 24. October 2019
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-87846-863-8 (ISBN)
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Description
Drawing on the unparalleled Howard Greenberg Collection, Viewpoints presents some seventy-five iconic images that have come to define their times
Over the course of the twentieth century, photography evolved as an art form while serving as an eyewitness to social, cultural, and political change. This book presents more than eighty significant images-many from unique vintage prints-that came to define their times, and invites us to take a fresh look at celebrated photographs by such masters of the medium as Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Consuelo Kanaga, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, and Edward Steichen. Drawing on the unparalleled Howard Greenberg Collection-446 photographs recently acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston-Viewpoints brings to vivid life the transformative power of photography, and invites the reader into a collection assembled with a connoisseur's eye by a former photographer who is also a gallery dealer and a strong advocate for artists.
Over the course of the twentieth century, photography evolved as an art form while serving as an eyewitness to social, cultural, and political change. This book presents more than eighty significant images-many from unique vintage prints-that came to define their times, and invites us to take a fresh look at celebrated photographs by such masters of the medium as Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Consuelo Kanaga, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, and Edward Steichen. Drawing on the unparalleled Howard Greenberg Collection-446 photographs recently acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston-Viewpoints brings to vivid life the transformative power of photography, and invites the reader into a collection assembled with a connoisseur's eye by a former photographer who is also a gallery dealer and a strong advocate for artists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Illustrations
100 Halftones, duotone
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 241 mm
Weight
1480 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87846-863-8 (9780878468638)
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11/2019
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
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Persons
Kristen Gresh is Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Anne E. Havinga is Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Chair, Department of Photography, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Content
Director's Foreword - Matthew Teitelbaum * Introduction - Kristen Gresh * Iconic Portraits * Capturing Modernism * Bearing Witness * Conflicts and Crises * Fleeting Moments * Picturing the Street * Music and Nightlife * Fashion and Celebrity * A Conversation with the Collector - Anne E. Havinga * Howard Greenberg on Photography