Documentary in Dispute

Documentary in Dispute
Sarah Miller
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Hardback
h229 x 178mm - 450pg
1 Dec 2020 US
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9780262044172
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The recreation of a landmark in 1930s documentary photography. Berenice Abbott' s Changing New York (1939) is the career-defining book by one of modernism' s most prominent photographers and a landmark in 1930s documentary photography. Published in 1939 by E. P. Dutton with support from the New Deal' s Federal Art Project, the book presented ninety-seven photographs from Abbott' s larger WPA-funded "Changing New York" project (1935-1939), with by captions credited to art critic Elizabeth McCausland. Yet, because of editorial changes by the publisher, the book that Abbott and McCausland actually planned, sequenced, and wrote remains unseen. As a consequence, their wholly unique theory of documentary, along with their radical program for conjoining change, history, experience, and photography-trained vision in New York City' s built environment, have been lost. This book recreates Changing New York as it was originally envisioned by Abbott and McCausland, presenting their original selection of photographs and McCausland' s original and published captions.
Sarah M. Miller is the author and editor of Berenice Abbott' s Changing New York and is Assistant Adjunct Professor of Art History at Mills College. Her reviews, criticism, and interviews have appeared in Aperture, Critical Inquiry, tudes Photographiques, Artforum, Photography & Culture, and caa. reviews.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780262044172
Published: 1 Dec 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: MIT Press
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 178mm
Pages: 450

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