Reframing America(1st Edition) Alexander Alland, Otto Hagel & Hansel Mieth, John Gutmann, Lisette Model, Marion Palfi, Robert Frank by Andrei Codrescu, TerencePitts, Arthur Berger Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-1769-8, ISBN: 0-8263-1769-3
"Fleeing fascism, war, and persecution, numerous European artists and photographers came to the United States during the mass emigrations of the 1930s and 1940s. These émigrés brought with them a variety of artistic traditions and different perspectives on issues such as class, politics, and race, which dramatically affected American photography from the 1930s and the 1960s. Reframing America explores the artistic and social visions of ..."
"First edition, first printing. Three volumes, sharing the following format: Soft cover. Photographically illustrated stiff wrappers; no dust jacket as issued. Contained in a photographically illustrated paper covered slipcase. Volume One: A Nation of Strangers. Text by Vicki Goldberg and Arthur Ollman. Includes an immigration chronology, bibliography and an exhibition checklist. 148 pp., with numerous four-color and black-and-white repr ..."
"1988 University of Arizona oversize softcover w/ staple_binding. Terence Pitts (Edward Weston). The pictures and art of four famous Spanish photographers show how they see and experience the world."
"Capturing the reverance for tools and creation, the meticulously composed images in this volume dwell on the timeless beauty of tools, fragments of works in progress, and aging reference drawings hanging on the walls."
Photography in the American Grain Discovering a Native American Aesthetic, 1923-1941 by TerencePitts Paperback, 47 Pages, Published 1988 by Center For Creative Photography ISBN-13: 978-0-938262-16-9, ISBN: 0-938262-16-5
"This new book surveys Edward Weston's work more comprehensively and exhaustively than any previous work. A combination of biography and critical analysis, it offers more than 320 meticulously reproduced duotone images, nearly a quarter of which have never been reproduced in books before. The selected photographs trace Weston's career from his early days, through formative years in Mexico, and on through the balance of his career, which ..."
"Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 118 pages; Description: x, 118 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 111-115. Subjects: Fiske, George (1835-1918) . Photographers --California --Biography. Yosemite Valley (Calif. ) --Description and travel."
"Fleeing fascism, war, and persecution, numerous European artists and photographers came to the United States during the mass emigrations of the 1930s and 1940s. These émigrés brought with them a variety of artistic traditions and different perspectives on issues such as class, politics, and race, which dramatically affected American photography from the 1930s and the 1960s. Reframing America explores the artistic and social visions of ..."
"A Portrait Is Not a Likeness surveys the many approaches to portraiture explored by artists during the 1980s. Twenty-five artists are included. The thirty-six works in both color and black-and-white presented are from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography. Introduction by Terrance Pitts. 45 pages; 36 color and b&w plates; 8.5 x 11 inches."
"To illustrate the book vintage prints have been selected from the copious Weston Archives at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, and the highly important Lane Collection at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts."
"Uncompromising Passion The sensuality and straight photography of Edward Weston Few photographers have created such a legacy as Edward Weston (1886–1958). After a decade of successfully making photographs with painterly soft-focus techniques, he became the driving figure behind a group of West Coast artists dubbed Group f/64, which pioneered the sharp, precise school of “Straight Photography.” With that stylistic leap, Weston’s career m ..."
"In 1902, the year Edward Weston was given his first camera, few people regarded photography as more than a craft. But along with innovators like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen, Weston revolutionized the ways photographers chose subject material and used photographic techniques to create what gradually came to be accepted as fine art. This is an elegant book, designed and printed in Germany, with an essay by Terence Pitts, of the ..."
"In 1902, the year Edward Weston was given his first camera, few people regarded photography as more than a craft. But along with innovators like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen, Weston revolutionized the ways photographers chose subject material and used photographic techniques to create what gradually came to be accepted as fine art. This is an elegant book, designed and printed in Germany, with an essay by Terence Pitts, of the ..."
"Sono pochi i fotografi che hanno lasciato un corpus di opere vasto quanto quello di Edward Weston (1886-1958). Dopo un decennio di successi nell'ambito della fotografia pittoricista, Weston divenne il pioniere di una nuova scuola caratterizzata da una rappresentazione precisa e diretta, la "Straight Photography". Tra gli anni '20 e '40 fu un artista di primo piano e diede un notevole impulso al progresso dell'arte fotografica. I suoi la ..."
Edward Weston by TerencePitts Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2000 by Planeta ISBN-13: 978-3-8228-7398-4, ISBN: 3-8228-7398-5
"Few photographers have created such a legacy as Edward Weston (1886-1958). After a decade of successfully making photographs with painterly soft-focus techniques, Weston became the key pioneer of the school of precise and sharp presentation, dubbed ""Straight Photography."" Through the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, Weston was a major force in pushing forward the art of photography. His photographs are monuments of sensual realism, perfectly comp ..."