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After the ruins, 1906 and 2006 : rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire / Mark Klett ; with Michael Lundgren ; essays by Philip L. Fradkin and Rebecca Solnit, and an interview with the photographer by Karin Breuer

Catalog Data

Author:
Klett, Mark 1952-  Search this
Lundgren, Michael  Search this
Fradkin, Philip L  Search this
Solnit, Rebecca  Search this
Breuer, Karin  Search this
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco  Search this
Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this
Subject:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco  Search this
Physical description:
134 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 x 29 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Exhibitions
Place:
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)
Date:
2006
C2006
20th century
Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition After the ruins, 1906 and 2006 : rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, December 17, 2005, to June 4, 2006."
Contents:
Mark Klett, rephotography, and the story of two San Franciscos : an interview / with Karin Breuer -- Hell on earth / Philip L. Fradkin -- The ruins of memory / Rebecca Solnit -- Photographs -- Maps of photograph locations -- List of photographs and credits
Summary:
How has San Francisco's urban landscape changed in the hundred years since the earthquake and cataclysmic firestorms that destroyed three-quarters of the city in 1906? For this provocative rephotography project, photographer Klett has gone to the same locations pictured in 45 photographs taken in the days following the 1906 earthquake and fires, and precisely duplicated each photograph's vantage point. The result is a powerful comparison that challenges our preconceptions about time, history, and culture. Features an essay by noted environmental historian Philip Fradkin on the events surrounding and following the 1906 earthquake, which he describes as "the equivalent of an intensive, three-day bombing raid."--From publisher description.
Topic:
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906  Search this
Fires--History  Search this
Repeat photography  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_820110