Looking Backward
A Photographic Portrait of the World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
$75.99
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2017
Summary
Pull the yellowed card from the box and slide it into the viewer. Two binocular images, nearly identical, reveal a scene from the past in vivid, three-dimensional detail. Transcending space and time, the card shows the world as it existed in 1900, a moment when technology collapsed borders; when wars ignited between great powers; when natural forces brought disaster on surging, vulnerable cities—a moment very much like our own.
In 1900 the stereograph was king. Its three-dimensional o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393239737 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 039323973X |
| Author: | Michael Lesy |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 1.56kg |
| Dimensions: | 264mm x 254mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
“The author is one of America’s leading photographic historians and so a collection of images selected by him is going to appeal to the professional eye as well as the more casual enquiring reader… A fascinating collection, annotated in great detail, and certainly food for thought and meditation.” – State Media
About The Author
Michael Lesy
Michael Lesy is one of America’s leading photographic scholars. His books include Wisconsin Death Trip, Murder City, Angel’s World, and Long Time Coming. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he teaches literary journalism at Hampshire College.
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