Era of Exploration 1975 Naef American West Landscape Photography Hardcover
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Era of Exploration: The Rise of Landscape Photography in the American West, 1860–1885 is an illustrated study of early Western photography by Weston J. Naef, in collaboration with James N. Wood, with an essay by Therese Thau Heyman. It explores how pioneering photographers shaped the visual record of the American West, offering a useful reference for photography collectors, Western history enthusiasts, and students of landscape art.
Historical photographic reproductions accompany discussions of early photographic equipment, stereoscopic imagery, and landscape composition. Featured material includes Eadweard Muybridge’s San Francisco and Truckee River views, Yosemite photography, and the relationship between photography and nineteenth-century American culture.
Published by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by the New York Graphic Society, Boston. Copyright 1975. Oblong hardcover in mustard-yellow cloth with a blind-stamped camera design on the front board. ISBN: 0870991280.
Condition: Good. Cloth covers show scattered spotting and soiling, surface rubbing, and wear at the corners and spine ends. Page edges show light age toning and a few small marks. Some separation is visible at the gutter beside the title page. The photographed interior pages are otherwise clean and readable, with clear photographic reproductions. No dust jacket. Please review the photographs for condition details.
SKU D-10
Era of Exploration 1975 Naef American West Landscape Photography Hardcover
$45.00
Historical photographic reproductions accompany discussions of early photographic equipment, stereoscopic imagery, and landscape composition. Featured material includes Eadweard Muybridge’s San Francisco and Truckee River views, Yosemite photography, and the relationship between photography and nineteenth-century American culture.
Published by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by the New York Graphic Society, Boston. Copyright 1975. Oblong hardcover in mustard-yellow cloth with a blind-stamped camera design on the front board. ISBN: 0870991280.
Condition: Good. Cloth covers show scattered spotting and soiling, surface rubbing, and wear at the corners and spine ends. Page edges show light age toning and a few small marks. Some separation is visible at the gutter beside the title page. The photographed interior pages are otherwise clean and readable, with clear photographic reproductions. No dust jacket. Please review the photographs for condition details.
SKU D-10