Photography (English)

The Photography collection offers both practical works on the photographic trade and historical and biographical works that chronicle photography in America, from its impact on individuals and social movements, to the capture of roadside attractions and other aspects of the American experience. Here, you will find great resources for presentation items, as well as background for programs exploring American history, personalities, and landscapes through iconic images.

This collection contains: 23 books

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    Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream (English)

    If the creation of a structure represents the values and ideals of a time, so too does its...

      A Bountiful Harvest: The Midwestern Farm Photographs of Pete Wettach, 1925-1965 (English)

      Lesley Loveless has selected the images that best represent the creativity of the photographer...

        American Icons (English)

        A biker festooned in ritual leather, astride a Harley. The New York skyline. A bison cow and calf...

          Bill Cunningham: on the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography (English)

          NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . The firstpublishedcollection of photographs by the icon of street...

            Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life (English)

            A photographic celebration and exploration of Black identity and experience through the twentieth...

              Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments (English)

              "Carell Augustus is a genius." —Karamo Brown A visionary photography book that brings together the...

                Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937 (English)

                Edward Steichen was already a famous painter and photographer in America and abroad when, in early...

                  Likes of Us (English)

                  Housed at the Library of Congress, the archives of the Farm Security Administration constitute an...

                    Long Time Coming: A Photographic Portrait of America, 1935-1943 (English)

                    Long Time Coming is derived from the 145,000 photographs made between 1935 and 1943 by a team of...

                      New York September 11 (English)

                      "By now, the story of September 11 has been burned into our collective memory, but few have seen...

                        No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy (English)

                        In No Caption Needed , Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites provide the definitive study of the...

                          Our America: A Photographic History (English)

                          From one of our most treasured filmmakers, a pictorial history of America—a stunning and moving...

                            Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War (English)

                            Mathew B. Brady was already a famous photographer by the time the Civil War began. But the war...

                              Photography at MoMa: 1960 to Now (English)

                              The Museum of Modern Art has one of the greatest collections of twentieth-century photography in...

                                Photography in America (English)

                                From scientific and documentary photography to the more purely aesthetic, the camera has become a...

                                  Picturing America's Pastime: Historic Photography from the Baseball Hall of Fame Archives (English)

                                  Baseball Photography Classics Picturing America's Pastime celebrates baseball through a unique...

                                    September 11: The 9/11 Story, Aftermath and Legacy (English)

                                    A commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 as told through stories and photographs from The...

                                      The Grand Canyon: Between River and Rim (English)

                                      This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience—an end-to-end, rim-to-river exploration of the Grand...

                                        The Land I'm Bound To (English)

                                        While technology and urban sprawl have transformed much of our country in the last half of the...

                                          Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks, Third Expanded Edition (English)

                                          Give the gift of the National Parks with this beautiful coffee table book: the most complete...

                                            Wonderland (English)

                                            "[A] gorgeous anthology of fashion images ... Leibovitz is nothing less than America's greatest...

                                              Yellowstone Country: The Photographs of Jack Richard (English)

                                              A regional pioneer of photojournalism, Jack Richard photographed in the Yellowstone area from the...

                                                Yosemite in Time: Ice Ages, Tree Clocks, Ghost Rivers (English)

                                                This book blends personal observations on Yosemite with reflections on photography and aesthetics,...