Alan Trachtenberg: Reading American Photographs Thinktank_Mindshift painterly patterns: subtly coloured rectangles

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Alan Trachtenberg: Reading American Photographs Thinktank_Mindshift painterly patterns: subtly coloured rectanglesWinner of the Charles C. Eldredge PrizeIn this book, Alan Trachtenberg reinterprets some of America's mostsignificant photographs, presenting them not as static images but ratheras rich cultural texts suffused with meaning and historical content. Reading American Photographs is lavishly illustrated with the work ofsuch luminaries as Mathew Brady, Timothy O'Sullivan, and WalkerEvans pictures that document the American experience from 1839 to 1938. In