Called to the Camera

Name: Called to the Camera
SKU: 35774261
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Black American Studio Photographers

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A timely reconsideration of the history of photography that places Black studio photographers, and their subjects, at the center From photography’s beginnings in the United States, Black studio photographers operated on the developing edge of popular media to produce affirming portraits for their clients, as well as a wide range of photographic work rooted in their communities. Called to the Camera offers a comprehensive history of this work, from the nineteenth-century daguerreotypes of James Presley Ball to the height of Black studios in the mid-twentieth century, and considers contemporary photographers responding to Black studio traditions today. In addition to showcasing famous photographers such as Ball, James Van Der Zee, and Addison Scurlock, this volume brings attention to dozens of other artists across the country, including Florestine Perrault Collins, Austin Hansen, and Henry Clay Anderson. The book features more than one hundred extraordinary vintage photographs, many of them unique objects and some, like those by the Hooks Brothers Studio, published here for the first time. Highlighting Black subjects on both sides of the camera, Called to the Camera presents a broader and more inclusive history of photography.

Author Biography:

Brian Piper is assistant curator of photographs and Russell Lord is the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, both at the New Orleans Museum of Art. John Edwin Mason is associate professor of history at the University of Virginia. Carla Williams is an artist and writer based in New Orleans.

Release date NZ

July 11th, 2023

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General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Foreword by Susan Taylor

Illustrations

110 color + b-w illus.

Pages

228

ISBN-13

9780300267389

Product ID

35774261

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