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Barbara P. Norfleet

Autor/a de Looking at Death (Imago Mundi Book)

11 obres 195 Membres 4 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Barbara Norfleet is founder and curator of The Photography Collection, an archive emphasizing the social history of the United States, at Harvard University, where she taught for nearly forty years

Inclou aquests noms: Barbara Norfleet, Barbara Norfleet

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Norfleet, Barbara P.
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Educació
Harvard College
Professions
lecturer
curator

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This is an extraordinarily subtle and artful collection that constitutes a sort of portrait of American life in the early postwar period. "The images in this book, taken by professional and commercial photographers, such as Joe Steinmetz and Lucien Brown, highlight the family, rituals, and social events for clients rich enough to hire them. . . . To find their meaning is not easy." Highly recommended!

Barbara Norfleet was born in 1926; this book covers the period of her early adulthood (1946-1959).… (més)
 
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jensenmk82 | Jun 15, 2009 |
A glorious collection of photographs by American studio photographers outside the studio throughout the middle half of the twentieth century. Some of the images have insightful commentary from the editor, her friends, and some of the subjects themselves. Although each picture stands on its own merits, I would have enjoyed even more commentaries.
½
 
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TheoClarke | May 12, 2009 |
Survey of photography that documents a different aspect of death (violence, medicine, family, ritual). Each section is prefaced with a short essay by the author.
 
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c5nest | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Aug 3, 2008 |

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Obres
11
Membres
195
Popularitat
#112,377
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
4
ISBN
14

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