- Additional Authors
- Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies.
- Description
- 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "Between 2009 and 2013, as the nation contemplated the historic election of Barack Obama and endured the effects of the Great Recession, Matthew Frye Jacobson set out with a camera to explore and document what was discernible to the 'historian's eye' during this tumultuous period. Having collected several thousand images, Jacobson began to reflect on their raw, informal immediacy alongside the recognition that they comprised an archive of a moment with unquestionable historical significance. This book presents 100 images alongside Jacobson's recollections of their moments of creation and his understanding of how they link past, present, and future"--
- Series Statement
- Documentary arts and culture
- Uniform Title
- Historian's eye (Online)
- Documentary arts and culture.
- Alternative Title
- Historian's eye (Online)
- Photography, history, and the American present
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- What the camera teaches -- Barack Obama, the icon -- At the crossroads of hope and despair -- Space available -- American studies road trip -- I want my country back -- Reflections.
- LCCN
- 2018049444
- OCLC
- ssj0002128597
- Author
Jacobson, Matthew Frye, 1958-
- Title
The historian's eye [electronic resource] : photography, history, and the American present / Matthew Frye Jacobson.
- Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ; [Durham] : in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, [2019]
- Series
Documentary arts and culture
Documentary arts and culture.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies.