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The radical camera : New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 /

By: Klein, Mason.
Contributor(s): Evans, Catherine | The Jewish Museum, New York | Columbus Museum of Art.
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2011Description: 248 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300146875 (alk. paper); 9780300146875:; 0300146876 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Photo League -- Exhibitions | Photography, Artistic -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Photography -- New York (State) -- New York -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 770.97471
Contents:
Preface and acknowledgements / Mason Klein and Catherine Evans -- Of politics and poetry : the dilemma of the Photo League / Mason Klein -- Man in the mirror: Harlem document, race and the Photo League / Maurice Berger -- As good as the guys: the women of the Photo League / Catherine Evans -- Paper world / Michael Lesy -- Rashomon reading / Anne Wilkes Tucker -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Index -- Credits and permissions -- The Jewish Museum Board of Trustees.
Summary: Issued in connection with the exhibition organized by organized by the Jewish Museum and the Columbus Museum of Art, held at the Jewish Museum, New York, Nov. 4, 2-11-Mar. 25, 2012, and at three institutions at later dates.Summary: Artists in the Photo League, active from 1936 to 1951, were known for capturing sharply revealing, compelling moments from everyday life in New York City. 'The Radical Camera' explores the blend of aesthetics and social activism at the heart of the Photo League.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 770.97471 KLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0063708
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface and acknowledgements / Mason Klein and Catherine Evans -- Of politics and poetry : the dilemma of the Photo League / Mason Klein -- Man in the mirror: Harlem document, race and the Photo League / Maurice Berger -- As good as the guys: the women of the Photo League / Catherine Evans -- Paper world / Michael Lesy -- Rashomon reading / Anne Wilkes Tucker -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Index -- Credits and permissions -- The Jewish Museum Board of Trustees.

Issued in connection with the exhibition organized by organized by the Jewish Museum and the Columbus Museum of Art, held at the Jewish Museum, New York, Nov. 4, 2-11-Mar. 25, 2012, and at three institutions at later dates.

Artists in the Photo League, active from 1936 to 1951, were known for capturing sharply revealing, compelling moments from everyday life in New York City. 'The Radical Camera' explores the blend of aesthetics and social activism at the heart of the Photo League.

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