Framing the West : The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan

by William F. Stapp, Toby Jurovics, Carol Johnson, Glenn Willumson

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We are a nonprofit bookstore - Friends of the Library - all proceeds benefit our library! Thank you for looking at - and considering - this book. ALL serious offers considered! ************ PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS!! ******************************************************************************************** 2010 first edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Both dust jacket and book in clean, crisp condition. 255 pages, 98 plates and stereotypes from 7 explorations/surveys.. Forward by James Billington Librarian of Congress. The image of the untamed American West persists as one of our country’s most enduring cultural myths, and few photographers have captured more compelling images of the frontier than Timothy H. O’Sullivan. Trained under Mathew Brady, O’Sullivan accompanied several government expeditions to the West—most notably with geologist Clarence King in 1867 and cartographer George M. Wheeler in 1871. Along these journeys, O’Sullivan produced many beautiful photographs in response to the landscapes he encountered. Faced with challenging terrain and lacking previous photographic examples on which to rely, O’Sullivan created a body of work that was without precedent in its visual and emotional complexities. Please ask for additional photographs if you would like see more of this book. ******************** This book is being sold by the nonprofit, Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe. We sell used (donated) books

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2010
• ISBN: 9780300158915
• Condition: Very Good

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