Pennsylvania. History of Photography in Pennsylvania. Special Issue of Pennsylvania History, 64:2 (Spring 1997). Untitled (Friends of Photography) a renowned 19th-century photographer celebrated

a renowned 19th-century photographer celebrated for his early survey work documenting the American West

It belongs to that wondrous class of books -- like William Gass's ON BEING BLUE and Anne Carson's EROS THE BITTERSWEET -- in which an extraordinary mind seizes hold of an unexpected topic and renders it with such confidence

Essays by John J

Featuring contributions from a diverse jury of domestic and international curators—including representatives from The Photographers' Gallery in London—the book tracks the projects of foundational contemporary voices like Dragana Jurišić

the geometric sweep of invasion fleets

Pennsylvania. History of Photography in Pennsylvania. Special Issue of Pennsylvania History, 64:2 (Spring 1997). Untitled (Friends of Photography) a renowned 19th-century photographer celebratedEdited by Linda A. Ries. [Includes articles on Marcus Aurelius Root, Francis L. Cooper (amateur), early Pittsburgh photographers, John F. Nice, Elias Goldensky, Thomas Eakins, early oil industry, Mifflin and Engle, Black daguerreotypist Glenalvin J. Goodridge, Julius Sachse, and the Raymond Holland Collection. Winner of the 1997 MARAC Arline Custer Award for publications.] Signed by Gary Saretzky, author of "Elias Goldensky: Wizard of Photography,"