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Edité par Aperture, New York, 2008
ISBN 10 : 1931788901ISBN 13 : 9781931788908
Vendeur : LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Paperback. Etat : Fine. 1st. 141 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Published to accompany the travelling exhibition to be opened at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in 2005. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Throughout his tenure as a registry clerk with the Immigration Division of Ellis Island, Augustus F. Sherman systematically photographed more than 200 families, groups, and individuals while they were being held by customs for special investigations. This volume collects and provides an essential revaluation of Shermans striking portraits, which predate August Sander's cataloging efforts by several years. A historical document of unprecedented worth, Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits includes almost one-hundred portraits taken from 1904 through 1920. The subjects are frequently dressed in elaborate national costumes or folk dress, emphasizing the variety and richness of the cultural heritage that came together to form the United States. Romanian shepherds, German stowaways, Russian vegetarians, Greek priests, and Ghanaian women in elaborately patterned dresses, are treated with equal gravitas. The resulting body of work presents a unique and powerful picture of the stream of immigrants who came through Ellis Island. In its time, the material contributed to the larger project of ethnographic categorization and typology typical of the early twentieth century, much as Edward S. Curtiss portraits romanticized the 'last Indians' or John Thomson's 'Street Life in London' identified and codified social class in the late 1800s. Though originally taken for his own personal study, Sherman's work appeared in the public eye as illustrations for publications with titles such as 'Alien or American,' and hung on the walls of the custom offices as cautionary or exemplary models of the new American species. In this book, Peter Mesenholler, Research Associate with the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum of Anthropology in Cologne, Germany provides new critical context and analysis of this rich collection, but also addresses the individual images as powerful, engaging photographs created by a master portraitist." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Collectible.
Edité par Aperture, New York, 2005
ISBN 10 : 193178860XISBN 13 : 9781931788601
Vendeur : Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Large format hardcover, issued without a dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, condition is AS NEW, a fine gift copy, "Throughout his tenure as a clerk with the Immigation Bureau of Ellis Island, Augustus F. Sherman systematically photographed more than two hundred families, groups, and individuals as they passed through customs" ; ; 141 pages.
Edité par Aperture, 2005
ISBN 10 : 193178860XISBN 13 : 9781931788601
Vendeur : Revaluation Books, Exeter, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. new title edition. 160 pages. 10.50x9.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.