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Kentucky Renaissance: The Lexington Camera Club and Its Community, 1954–1974
Brian Sholis
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Description for Kentucky Renaissance: The Lexington Camera Club and Its Community, 1954–1974
Hardback. A groundbreaking study of the extraordinary photographers, writers, printmakers, and publishers who formed a flourishing modernist community in Kentucky Num Pages: 192 pages, 120 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 862.
A groundbreaking study of the extraordinary photographers, writers, printmakers, and publishers who formed a flourishing modernist community in Kentucky
Dozens of American cities witnessed the founding of camera clubs in the first half of the 20th century, though few boasted as many accomplished artists as the one based in Lexington, Kentucky. This pioneering book provides the most absorbing account to date of the Lexington Camera Club, an under-studied group of artists whose ranks included Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Van Deren Coke, Robert C. May, James Baker Hall, and Cranston Ritchie. These and other members of the Lexington Camera Club ... Read more
A groundbreaking study of the extraordinary photographers, writers, printmakers, and publishers who formed a flourishing modernist community in Kentucky
Dozens of American cities witnessed the founding of camera clubs in the first half of the 20th century, though few boasted as many accomplished artists as the one based in Lexington, Kentucky. This pioneering book provides the most absorbing account to date of the Lexington Camera Club, an under-studied group of artists whose ranks included Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Van Deren Coke, Robert C. May, James Baker Hall, and Cranston Ritchie. These and other members of the Lexington Camera Club ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300218985
SKU
V9780300218985
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Ref
99-1
About Brian Sholis
Brian Sholis is curator of photography at the Cincinnati Art Museum. John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, a contributing editor to Harper’s Magazine, and southern editor of The Paris Review.
Reviews for Kentucky Renaissance: The Lexington Camera Club and Its Community, 1954–1974
“The title is recommended. . . for the insights it offers in placing figures like Meatyard within the context in which they worked, for its recognition of an arts community that has been underexplored, and for its exploration of collaborations between writers and artists.”—ARLIS/NA Reviews
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