American Photography: A Century of Images

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999. Cloth, 232 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. The companion book to the major PBS series. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: I. The Developing Image, 1900-1934. The Snapshot Revolution. Photography as Fine Art. Foreign Peoples, Foreign Places. Extending Vision: Science and Photography. Social Reform: The Camera as Weapon. Capturing Time: Motion Study and Social Control. Photographing the News. World War I: The Camera Goes to War. Advertising Photography. The Cult of Celebrity; II. The Photographic Age, 1935-1959. LIFE and the Rise of the Picture Magazines. The Wire Services. The Farm Security Administration (FSA): Documenting the Depression. MoMA, 1937: The History of Photography Comes to the Museum. World War II: Censorship and Revelation. The Photographic Instant and Instant Photography. Fashion Photography. Sex and Voyeurism. The Family of Man: A Heartwarming Vision for the Cold War World. The Americans and the Dark Side of the 1950s; III. Photography Transformed, 1960-1999. Pop Art, Photography, and the Mass Media. Surveillance and the Photograph as Evidence.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.