Through the Lens of the City : NEA Photography Surveys of the 1970s,9781578067077

Through the Lens of the City : NEA Photography Surveys of the 1970s

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ISBN13: 9781578067077
ISBN10: 1578067073
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Mississippi
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Summary

During the 1970s, the National Endowment for the Arts Photography Surveys granted money to photograph American cities in the bicentennial and years that followed.

Author Biography

Mark Rice is chair of the American Studies department at St. John Fisher College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Fragments From Before
Nostalgia, Photography, and the American Bicentennial Photography and Film Project
3(33)
In Search of A ``New American Imagery''
36(33)
The Nea Photography Surveys and the Shapes of American Cities
69(154)
Bringing It All Together
The Four Surveys of Greater L.A.
134(61)
Pulling It All Apart
The Critics and the Fall and Rise of Photography Surveys
195(28)
Appendix 223(13)
Works Cited 236(11)
Index 247

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