Small Town America: Missouri Photo Workshops, 1949-91 - Softcover

Edom, Clifton C.; Edom, Vilia C.; Edom, Verna Mae

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555911684 ISBN 13: 9781555911683

Verlag: Fulcrum Inc.,US, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Edom Clifton C Edom Vilia C Edom Verna Mae

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Reseña del editor:

Just as the Farm Security Administration's photographers captured the essence of rural life during the Depression, this collection of documentary photographs chronicles the very heart and soul of our nation - small town life. When Cliff Edom (1907-1991) began his experiment in photographic education in 1949, his purpose was to provide access to the community life of a small town for photographers so that they could hone and develop photojournalistic skills - so they could capture truth on film. Forty-three years later, the University of Missouri's Photography Workshop is one of the most renowned photography programs in the country. It has produced a generation of top photojournalists and, in the process, Edom's experiment has created a visual historical record of small town America. "If the first social unit was the family, the second was the small town, " says Frank Conroy, director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, in his introductory essay "Small Town America." These photographs, the best pictures selected from the Missouri Workshop's 43 years, are truly an historical record of the heartbeat of America - of family, of tradition and of change. Central to Edom's philosophy was that photography illuminate as well as record; this principle is evident in these scenes of small town America that simultaneously convey both uniqueness and universality. This book captures the richness of everyday American life in the second half of this century and will delight anyone who's ever lived in a small town - or wished that they had.

Biografía del autor:

Clifton C. Edom founded the Missouri Photographic Workshop in 1949. Through his work with the workshop he became known as the father of photojournalism education. An instinctive alchemist and catalyst, he was less a teacher than a dominating presence.

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• Verlag: Fulcrum Inc.,US
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1555911684
• ISBN 13: 9781555911683
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248