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G. E. Kidder Smith builds : the travel of architectural photography

Title
G. E. Kidder Smith builds : the travel of architectural photography / Angelo Maggi ; foreword by Michelangelo Sabatino ; coda by Samuel Pujol Smith.
Author
Maggi, Angelo
Publication
  • [Novato, CA] : Oro Editions, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Sabatino, Michelangelo
  • Pujol Smith, Samuel.
Description
279 pages : illustrations (colour); 28 cm
Summary
George Everard Kidder Smith (1913-1997) was a multidimensional figure within the wide-ranging field of North American architectural professionals in the second half of the twentieth century. Although he trained as an architect, he chose not to practice within the conventional strictures of an architecture office. Instead, Kidder Smith "designed," researched, wrote, and photographed a remarkably diverse collection of books about architecture and the built environment. His work and life were deeply interwoven and punctuated by travel related to the research, writing, and promotion of books that sought to reveal the genius loci of the countries whose built environments he admired and wished to share with a broader audience. From the early 1940s to the late 1950s his interest in architecture led him to describe visually the architectural and historical identity of many European countries. After his far-flung travels over the decades, with his wife Dorothea, Kidder Smith focused on his own country and produced a series of ambitious books focused on the United States. Kidder Smith's vision and narrative betray the gaze of the traveller, the scholar, and the architect.
Subject
  • Smith, G. E. Kidder 1913-1997
  • Architectural photography
  • Architectural writing
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-271) and index.
Call Number
JQF 22-1546
ISBN
  • 1954081537
  • 9781954081536
OCLC
1272857559
Author
Maggi, Angelo, author.
Title
G. E. Kidder Smith builds : the travel of architectural photography / Angelo Maggi ; foreword by Michelangelo Sabatino ; coda by Samuel Pujol Smith.
Publisher
[Novato, CA] : Oro Editions, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-271) and index.
Added Author
Sabatino, Michelangelo, author of introduction.
Pujol Smith, Samuel.
Research Call Number
JQF 22-1546
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