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Overview
Acclaimed in the 19th century as the world's most famous landscape photographer, William Henry Jackson and his camera presided over the mapping, bounding, and settling of the American West and the larger American landscape. In this lavishly illustrated study, Peter Hales examines Jackson's effect on the ways Americans viewed their land and on the myths that sustain American culture. 198 illustrations.Editorials
Library Journal
The author of Silver Cities (Temple Univ. Pr., 1984), a study of urbanization, has produced this well-researched and provocative examination of a photographer who engendered the ``twin myths of the radical individual and the free landscape.'' Chronological chapters explore many phaseshis early influences, his survey and exploration assignments, his commercial photography, his painting career. Jackson's work made him a ``powerful progenitor of the changes in the American conception of the West and of landscape in general.'' Includes a chronology of his life and work and an excellent bibliographical essay. An excellent look at his work in the broader context of the changing American landscape. Kathleen Collins, Library of CongressBook Details
Published
June 6, 1988
Publisher
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1988.
Pages
368
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780877224785