PUBLISHER
Steidl

BOOK FORMAT
Clth, 11.5 x 11.5 in. / 368 pgs / 375 tritone.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 10/25/2016
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2015 p. 112

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9783869309026 TRADE
List Price: $75.00 CDN $99.00

AVAILABILITY
In stock

TERRITORY
NA ONLY

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

San Anselmo, CA
Smith Andersen North Gallery, Spring 2015

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The Golden Decade

Edited by Ken Ball, Victoria Whyte Ball. Text by William Heick, Ira H. Latour, C. Cameron Macauley, Ken Ball, Victoria Whyte Ball.

The California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco was among a handful of institutions in the nation to offer an extensive program in photography and film during the postwar period. Under the new directorship of Douglas McAgy, CSFA's photography program, established by Ansel Adams and taught by Minor White, was the first in the country. The caliber of teachers such as Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange and Imogen Cunningham was unmatched anywhere, and the program soon earned a reputation as one of the most avant-garde art schools. The first decade of the program, 1945–55, spawned a unique group of photographers who went on to become important contributors to visual culture. The Golden Decade presents imagery from this time period by 32 photographers, among them Pirkle Jones, Ruth Marion Baruch, Philip Hyde and John Upton.

Featured image is reproduced from The Golden Decade.

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The Guardian

A new book charts the astonishingly rich work made at the California School of Fine Arts in the middle of the 20th century, pushing the boundaries of documentary, landscape and portrait photography... Mentored by the likes of Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Edward Weston, photography students at the California School of Fine Arts explored everything from abstraction to documentary...

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Sara Taglioretti

...resolutely avant-garde...

Another Magazine

Ansel Adams headed up the photography department and Mark Rothko gave lectures. A new tome from Steidl takes us inside the San Francisco college responsible for pioneering art school culture as we know it

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Dave Barton

You'll find perfection after perfection, amazed at the quality of the overlooked work.