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Modern look photography and the American magazine Mason Klein ; with essays by Maurice Berger, Leslie Camhi, and Marvin Heiferman

Catalog Data

Author:
Klein, Mason  Search this
Contributor:
Berger, Maurice 1956-2020  Search this
Camhi, Leslie  Search this
Heiferman, Marvin  Search this
Host institution:
Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.),.)  Search this
Subject:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda  Search this
Physical description:
184 pages illustrations (some color) 32 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Notes:
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name organized by the Jewish Museum, New York, May 1, 2020-September 13, 2020
Donor Note: Ripley Endowment
Contents:
Foreword / Claudia Gold -- Modern look : photography, innovation, and the American magazine / Mason Klein -- 'In our lives we were whole' : Gordon Parks, picture magazines, and the struggle for identity / Maurice Berger -- Propriety and provocation : women, émigrés, and outliers in American magazines at mid-century / Leslie Camhi -- Astonish me! Photography, graphic design, and mid-century visual culture / Marvin Heiferman
Summary:
"This dynamic study examines the intersection of modernist photography and American commercial graphic design between 1930 and 1960. Avant-garde strategies in photography and design reached the United States via European emigres, including Bauhaus artists forced out of Nazi Germany. The unmistakable aesthetic made popular by such magazines as Harper's Bazaar and Vogue-whose art directors, Alexey Brodovitch and Alexander Liberman, were both immigrants and accomplished photographers-emerged from a distinctly American combination of innovation, inclusiveness, and pragmatism. Beautifully illustrated with more than 150 revolutionary photographs, layouts, and cover designs, 'Modern Look' considers the connections and mutual influences of such designers and photographers as Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, Herbert Bayer, Robert Frank, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Cipe Pineles, and Paul Rand. Essays draw a lineage from European experimental design to innovative work in American magazine design at mid-century and offer insights into the role of gender in fashion photography and political activism in the mass media."--Amazon
Topic:
Commercial photography--History  Search this
Magazine illustration--History  Search this
Photographie commerciale--Histoire  Search this
Illustration des périodiques--Histoire  Search this
Commercial photography  Search this
Magazine illustration  Search this
Gebrauchsgrafik  Search this
Mode  Search this
Modefotografie  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153588