A long arc : photography and the American South since 1845 / Gregory J. Harris, Sarah Kennel ; essay: Imani Perry ; additional texts: Makeda Best, LeRonn P. Brooks, Rahim Fortune, Grace Elizabeth Hale, Maria L. Kelly, Scott L. Matthews, Brian Piper.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Aperture,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
351 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm
Copublished with the High Museum of Art on the occasion of the exhibition, A Long Arc Photography and the American South since 1845 curated by Gregory J. Harris and Sarah Kennel and on view at the High Museum in Atlanta, September 15, 2023 to January 14, 2024; the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts, March 1, 2024 to July 31, 2024; and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, October 5, 2024 to January 26, 2025. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Afterword / by Rahim Fortune Incomplete puzzle / Imani Perry -- Some American pictures / Sarah Kennel -- 1845-1865 To vex the nation : the antebellum South and the Civil War / text by Makeda Best -- 1865-1920 Less Splendid on the surface / text by Brian Piper -- 1930-1945 The cruel radiance : a new documentary tradition / text by Scott L. Matthews -- 1945-1970 History as myth, progress as peril / text by Grace Elizabeth Hale -- 1956-1968 Civil rights and the language of activism / text by LeRonn P. Brooks -- 1970-2000 Returns and renewals / text by Maria L. Kelly -- 2000-Now a new South, again / text by Gregory J. Harris -- Afterword / by Rahim Fortune
Summary:
"An in-depth look at the history of photography in the Southern United States, with over two hundred photographs taken from 1850 to present"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.