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The historian's eye : photography, history, and the American present / Matthew Frye Jacobson.

Author/creator Jacobson, Matthew Frye, 1958- author, photographer.
Other author/creatorDuke University. Center for Documentary Studies publisher.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ; [Durham] : in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, [2019]
Descriptionpages cm.
Subject(s)
Series Documentary arts and culture
Documentary arts and culture. ^A1036048
Contents Barack Obama, the icon -- At the crossroads of hope and despair -- Space available -- American studies road trip -- I want my country back -- Reflections.
Abstract "Between 2009 and 2013, as the nation contemplated the historic election of Barack Obama and endured the effects of the Great Recession, Matthew Frye Jacobson set out with a camera to explore and document what was discernible to the 'historian's eye' during this tumultuous period. Having collected several thousand images, Jacobson began to reflect on their raw, informal immediacy alongside the recognition that they comprised an archive of a moment with unquestionable historical significance. This book presents 100 images alongside Jacobson's recollections of their moments of creation and his understanding of how they link past, present, and future"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formIllustrated works.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formIllustrated works.
Genre/formPictorial works.
LCCN 2018049444
ISBN9781469649665 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1469649667

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Joyner General Stacks E907 .J33 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold