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Автор: Veenendaal Augustus J.
Название: Smoke Over Oklahoma: The Railroad Photographs of Preston George
ISBN: 080615568X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806155685
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Oklahoma was in the throes of the Great Depression when Preston George acquired a cheap Kodak folding camera and took his first photographs of steam locomotives. As depression gave way to world war, George kept taking pictures, now with a Graflex camera that could capture moving trains. In this first book devoted solely to George's work, his black-and-white photographs constitute a striking visual documentary of steam-driven railroading in its brief but glorious heyday in the American Southwest. The pictures also form a remarkable artistic accomplishment in their own right. Prominent among the magnificent action images collected here are the engines that were George's passion - steam locomotives pulling long freights or strings of gleaming passenger cars through open country. But along with the fireworks of the heavier steam engines slogging through the mountains near the Arkansas border on the Kansas City Southern or climbing Raton Pass in New Mexico on the Santa Fe, George's photographs also record humbler fare, such as the short trains of the Frisco and Katy piloted by ancient light steamers, and the final years of that state's interurban lines. Augustus J. Veenendaal Jr.'s brief history of railroads in the Sooner State puts these images into perspective, as does a reminiscence by George's daughter Burnis on his life and his pursuit of railroad photography. With over 150 images and a wealth of historical and biographical information, this volume makes accessible to an audience beyond the most avid railfans the extent of Preston George's extraordinary achievement.

Автор: Zink Valerie, Eaton Emily
Название: Fault Lines: Life and Landscape in Saskatchewan`s Oil Economy
ISBN: 088755783X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780887557835
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Описание: Oil is not new to Saskatchewan. Many of the wells found on farmland across the province date back to the 1950s when the industry began to spread. But there is little doubt that the recent boom (2006-2014) and subsequent downturn in unconventional oil production has reshaped rural lives and landscapes. While many small towns were suffering from depopulation and decline, others reoriented themselves around a booming oil industry.In place of the abandoned houses and shuttered shops found in many small towns in Saskatchewan, housing developments sprang up with new trucks and boats parked in driveways. Yet people in oil-producing areas also lived amid flare stacks that made them ill, had trouble finding housing due to vacancy rates that were among the lowest in the country, suffered throughfamily breakdown because of long working hours and time spent away from home, and endured spills and leaks that contaminated their land.In the summer of 2014, at the height of the boom, geographer Emily Eaton and photographer Valerie Zink travelled to oil towns across the province, from the sea-can motel built from shipping containers on the outskirts of Estevan to seismic testing sites on Thunderchild First Nation's Sundance grounds.

Автор: Davis Ren, Davis Helen
Название: Landscapes for the People: George Alexander Grant, First Chief Photographer of the National Park Service
ISBN: 0820348414 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820348414
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Описание: George Alexander Grant is an unknown elder in the field of American landscape photography. Millions of people viewed Grant`s photographs, but unlike contemporaries such as Ansel Adams, few knew Grant`s name. Landscapes for the People shares his story through his remarkable images and a compelling biography.