PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

The Album in the Age of Photography

2011

First American Edition

By: Verna Posever Curtis

Apeture [New York]

4to (288 pages)

Hardcover [Khaki cloth]

Item Number: 208561

$75.00

Description

Traces the rise of the album from the turn of last century to the present day, showcasing some of the most important examples in the history of the medium, as collected by the Library of Congress. The book includes albums by acclaimed photographers and filmmakers, among them Walker Evans, Danny Lyon, Holland Day, Jim Goldberg, Dorothea Lange, Duane Michals, Leni Riefenstahl and W. Eugene Smith, as well as lesser-known but equally significant albums.

Virtually mint, without dust jacket, as issued.