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Arthur Tress : San Francisco 1964 / James A. Ganz.

Title
Arthur Tress : San Francisco 1964 / James A. Ganz.
Author
Tress, Arthur
Publication
San Francisco, CA : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, c2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Ganz, James A.
  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
Description
111 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
Summary
"Sixty-four newly discovered images by the distinguished photographer Arthur Tress capture a uniquely American time and place. Best known for dreamlike staged imagery of people, places, and things, Tress is an accomplished photographer whose career spans more than fifty years. This monograph presents for the first time a collection of pictures the photographer took in 1964 as a young man newly arrived in San Francisco. That summer the city was ground zero for a historic culture clash as the site of both the 28th Republican National Convention and the launch of the Beatles' first North American tour. The resulting photographs reveal a theme familiar to Tress's many fans: the intersection of the absurd and the mundane. Formally posed portraits on the streets of San Francisco as well as candid views of shop windows, signs, and other idiosyncrasies of the local landscape capture the vibrant scene in the Bay Area at the dawn of a chaotic era. An introductory essay discusses the historical context of the works while an interview with Tress illuminates the making and rediscovery of these brilliant images."--Publisher description.
Alternative Title
San Francisco 1964
Subject
  • Tress, Arthur > Exhibitions
  • 1961-1969
  • Street photography > California > San Francisco > Exhibitions
  • San Francisco (Calif.) > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
  • United States > History > 1961-1969 > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition, pictorial works
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition, pictorial works.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964' held at the de Young Museum, San Francisco March 3-June 3, 2012.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / John E. Buchanan, jr. -- Through the lens of Arthur Tress : San Francisco 1964 -- Plates -- Remembering 1964: a converstaion with Arthur Tress -- List of locations
ISBN
  • 9783791351629
  • 3791351621
LCCN
^^2011027621
OCLC
  • 729342239
  • SCSB-10030980
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library