Faces : a narrative history of the portrait in photography
1977, First Edition. Boston : New York Graphic Society. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Faint foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476573
ISBN: 0821207032
Series; A Chanticleer Press edition. Physical description; 540 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm. Notes; Photographs compiled and edited by Constance Sullivan. Designed and coordinated by Massimo Vignelli and Gudrun Buettner. Includes bibliographical references (pages 532-535) and index. Contents; A defiance of time: the tradition of portraiture – The third eye: the beginnings of photography – The sun as artist: calotype and daguerreotype – A democracy of portraits: America in the nineteenth century – Trailing clouds of glory: Victorian England – Intellectual barricades: the nineteenth century in France – Nature improved I: pictorialism in Europe – Nature improved II: pictorialism in America – Class and conscience I: Europe – Class and conscience II: America – Class and conscience III: America into the thirties and beyond – Class and conscience IV: America now – Inside or outside I: the studio portrait in the twentieth century – Inside or outside II: circle of the famous – Inside or outside III: intimate visions – Stills from an infinite movie: street portraits. Subjects; Portrait photography – History. Photography – History.
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