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Faces
Ben Maddow | Constance Sullivan

Faces

a narrative history of the portrait in photography

New York Graphic Society (May 1977)
9780821207031
540 pages
Dewey 778 MAD
LC Classification TR575 .M32
LC Control No. 76041139

Subject

  • Photography - General
  • Photography - Subjects & Themes - Portraits
  • Portrait Photography
  • Portrait Photography - History

Plot

... The subjects in this book are extraordinarily rich, ranging from 19th century Scottish fiswives, Victorian novelists, and New Orleans prostitutes to Gertrude Stein, Garbo, Auden and San Franciso hippies. The result is a work that is as much about people as about photography, and as readable as a good novel. It is a milestone in the appreciation of photography as an art, a craft, a trade, a tool, a weapon, a magic mirror, and an act of defiance against time and death.