A penetrating analysis of the real-photo postcard phenomenon of the early 1900s. These cards depict the now vanished world of small-town America, but also represent a pivotal stage in the evolution of photography. Their head-on style inherits something of the plain aesthetic of the Civil War photographers, while anticipating the great 1930s documentary artists such as Walker Evans. Fusing his skills as a chronicler of early 20th-century America, a historian of photography and a keen critic, Sante shows how these postcards offer a revealing 'self-portrait of the American nation'.
| ISBN: | 9781891241550 |
| Publication date: | 28th July 2010 |
| Author: | Lucy Sante |
| Publisher: | Verse Chorus Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 159 pages |
| Genres: |
Photography and photographs |