A timely reconsideration of the history of photography that places Black studio photographers, and their subjects, at the center From photography's beginnings in the United States, Black studio photographers operated on the developing edge of popular media to produce affirming portraits for their clients, as well as a wide range of photographic work rooted in their communities. Called to the Camera offers a comprehensive history of this work, from the nineteenth-century daguerreotypes of James Presley Ball to the height of Black studios in the mid-twentieth century, and considers contemporary photographers responding to Black studio traditions today. In addition to showcasing famous photographers such as Ball, James Van Der Zee, and Addison Scurlock, this volume brings attention to dozens of other artists across the country, including Florestine Perrault Collins, Austin Hansen, and Henry Clay Anderson. The book features more than one hundred extraordinary vintage photographs, many of them unique objects and some, like those by the Hooks Brothers Studio, published here for the first time. Highlighting Black subjects on both sides of the camera, Called to the Camera presents a broader and more inclusive history of photography.

Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers

Arts & Photography

Lord, Russell

Williams, Carla

Mason, John Edwin

Piper, Brian

History & Criticism

New Orleans Museum of Art

New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations

Monet: Late Paintings of Giverny from The Musee Marmottan, Essays by Lynn Federle Orr, Paul Hayes Tucker, Elizabeth Murray 1999 (ISBN: 0-8109-2610587)

Monet: Late Paintings of Giverny from the Musee Marmottan

Elizabeth Murray

Paul Hayes Tucker

Lynn Federle Orr

English and Continental Portrait Miniatures: The Latter-Schlesinger Collection

Pamela Pierrepont Vardo

A Japanese eccentric: The three arts of Murase Taiitsu

Addiss, Stephen

Robert Gordy, paintings & drawings, 1960-1980

Baro, Gene

Edward Weston and Clarence John Laughlin: An Introduction to the Third World of Photography

Weston, Edward

Photography & Video

A Myriad of autumn leaves: Japanese art from the Kurt and Millie Gitter collection : catalog

Stephen; New Orleans Museum of Art Addis

This is a large format book published by The New Orleans Museum of Art showcasing japanese fan paintings assembled from various collections in the Western world. Each fan painting is presented in full page color. There is an Introductory essay by Kurt A. Gitter and Notes to the Plates by Pat Fister.

Japanese Fan Paintings from Western Collections

Gitter, Kurt A

ILSE BING: Three Decades of Photography

Ilse Bing (photographer)

Nancy C. Barrett (catalog)

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