Women in the dark, female photographers in the US, 1850-1900, Katherine Manthorne
Type
Label
Women in the dark, female photographers in the US, 1850-1900, Katherine Manthorne
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143)
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrationsportraits
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Women in the dark
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1141514708
Responsibility statement
Katherine Manthorne
Sub title
female photographers in the US, 1850-1900
Summary
"Recover the stories of long-overlooked American women who, at a time when women rarely worked outside the home, became commercial photographers and shaped the new, challenging medium. Covering two generations of photographers ranging from New York City to California's mining districts, this study goes beyond a broad survey and explores individual careers through primary sources and new materials. Profiles of the photographers animate their careers by exploring how they began, the details of running their own studios, and their visual output. The featured photos vary in form--daguerreotype, tintype, carte de visite, and more--and subject, including Civil War portraits, postmortem photography, and landscape photography. This welcome resource fills in gaps in photographic, American, and women's history and convincingly lays out the parallels between the growth of photography as an available medium and the late-19th-century women's movement."--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
The pioneers & evolving photographic techniques -- Civil War era -- Family matters -- A visit to a woman's portrait studio -- Outdoors: landscape & archotecture -- The new woman & woman's rights
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Female photographers in the US, 1850-1900
Creator
Subject
- Biographies
- Women photographers -- United States -- Biography
- Photographie + Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Porträtfotografie
- USA
- Femmes photographes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Fotografin
- Women photographers -- United States -- 19th century
- Femmes photographes -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
- collective biographies
- Frauenbewegung
- Photography + History -- 19th century
Content
Author
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Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject12
- Biographies
- Women photographers -- United States -- Biography
- Photographie + Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Porträtfotografie
- USA
- Femmes photographes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Fotografin
- Women photographers -- United States -- 19th century
- Femmes photographes -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
- collective biographies
- Frauenbewegung
- Photography + History -- 19th century
- Content2
- Author1
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