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Images of the West : survey photography in French collections, 1860-1880

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Images of the West : survey photography in French collections, 1860-1880 / edited by François Brunet and Bronwyn Griffith ; essays by François Brunet and Mick Gidley.

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135 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 29 cm

Summary

As American settlement expanded westward in the 1860s, the U.S. government undertook large-scale investigations of its new territories. Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880 presents memorable glass-plate photographs from these federal surveys. The selection includes breathtaking views of such iconic sites as Yosemite, as well as lesser-known ethnographic portraits taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, William H. Jackson, and William Bell, among others. The accompanying essays discuss how the photographs were used to promote white settlement, how their distribution at home and abroad contributed to the aggrandizement of the American West, and how the exploitative ideology underlying the use of photography extended to attitudes toward both American landscapes and American Indians. The images are all drawn from French public collections, which hold an astonishing number of these U.S. survey photographs. Accompanying an exhibition at the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, Images of the West provides a critical new examination of a bygone era.

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Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
History.

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"Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880" held at the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny/Terra Foundation for American Art from July 10 to October 31, 2007"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-133) and index.

Contents

"With the compliments of F.V. Hayden, geologist of the United States" : photographic policies of American exploration -- Francois Brunet Out west and in the studio : official photographs of Indians during the great survey era -- Mick Gidley Catalogue Wide open spaces -- Features of the landscape -- Timothy H. O'Sullivan : a photographer at work -- Images of Native Americans.

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JQF 22-488

ISBN

9780932171542
0932171540

LCCN

2007018879

OCLC

124036328

Title

Images of the West : survey photography in French collections, 1860-1880 / edited by François Brunet and Bronwyn Griffith ; essays by François Brunet and Mick Gidley.

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