Searching for Mary Schaffer: Women Wilderness Photography, Colleen Skidmore

Автор: Flamiano
Название: Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine
ISBN: 1138548367 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138548367
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The tension between social reform photography and photojournalism is examined through this study of the life and work of German emigre Hansel Mieth (1909-1998), who made an unlikely journey from migrant farm worker to Life photographer. She was the second woman in that role, after Margaret Bourke-White. Unlike her colleagues, Mieth was a working-class reformer with a deep disdain for Life's conservatism and commercialism. In fact, her work often subverted Life's typical representations of women, workers, and minorities. Some of her most compelling photo essays used skillful visual storytelling to offer fresh views on controversial topics: birth control, vivisection, labor unions, and Japanese American internment during the Second World War. Her dual role as reformer and photojournalist made her a desirable commodity at Life in the late 1930s and early 40s, but this role became untenable in Cold War America, when her career was cut short. Today Mieth's life and photographs stand as compelling reminders of the vital yet overlooked role of immigrant women in twentieth-century photojournalism. Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine draws upon a rich array of primary sources, including Mieth's unpublished memoir, oral histories, and labor archives. The book seeks to unravel and understand the multi-layered, often contested stories of the photographer's life and work. It will be of interest to scholars of photography history, women's studies, visual culture, and media history.

Автор: Cotten Jerry W.
Название: Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wootten
ISBN: 1469632489 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469632483
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: A trailblazer for women photographers in the South, North Carolina`s Bayard Wootten (1875-1959) overcame economic hardship, gender discrimination, and the obscurity of a small-town upbringing to become the state`s most significant early female photographer. Light and Air features 190 of Wootten`s photographs taken in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee.