Ben Shahn’s New York - The Photography of Modern Times

Description: Ben Shahn’s New York - The Photography of Modern Times Harvard University Art Museum (May 1, 2000)340 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300083157ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-03000831569.5 x 1.5 x 10.25 inchesSoft Cover Edition “I am a social painter or photographer…I find difficulty in making distinctions between photography and painting. Both are pictures.” –Ben ShahnBen Shahn, renowned painter, muralist, and graphic artist, was also a talented photographer who made documentary street photographs in New York City in the early 1930s. This book is the first to focus on his compelling New York images, showing how he used a camera to comment on many social issues of his day.As a political activist Shahn became interested in newspaper photography as source material for some of his paintings and satires. Soon he was engaged in street photography himself, documenting the working-class and immigrant populations and providing a poignant record of unemployment and poverty during the Depression years. The book considers the immediate social history of Shahn's New York photographs and analyzes how his leftist politics and his interest in news photographs and film affected his photographic aesthetic. The authors assert the importance of analyzing Shahn's paintings and photographs together, explaining why the connections between the two have been ignored until now. The book reproduces not only Shahn's New York photographs but also his related paintings, prints, and drawings, and an appendix presents documents that speak to the pervasive impact of his photographic work. - via Google No stock photos are used in my E-Bay listings. All photos are of the actual item for sale! CONDITION: Like New SHIPPING & HANDLING: $7.50Extreme care is given to every book I package and ship, regardless of sale price!

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