
Viewpoints
Photographs from the Howard Greenberg Collection
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston (Publisher)
Published on 21. November 2019
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-87846-867-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 some seventy-five iconic images that came to define their times, and explores the stories behind the moments they recorded and the photographers who captured them. Among these beautifully reproduced images - many from unique vintage prints - are powerful visual testimonies of Depression-era America, politically engaged street photography, definitive celebrity portraits, celebrations of the performing arts, harrowing visions of war and compelling depictions of the Civil Rights movement. Drawing on the unparalleled Howard Greenberg Collection, recently acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Viewpoints 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, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks and Edward Steichen.
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Finalist for the Lucie Photobook Prize AwardMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
85 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 251 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1406 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87846-867-6 (9780878468676)
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Book
10/2019
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
€81.90
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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