Photography at MoMA: 1920-1960
by: Quentin Bajac (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 416 pages. The history of photography has been told many times, but never before through the incomparable collection of photographs at The Museum of Modern Art. This publication charts the medium during the height of the modernist period, from 1920 to 1960. with 550 b/w and color illustrations. The book begins with an in-depth introduction followed by eight chapters of full-color plates, each introduced by a short essay. Masterworks by photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray and Aleksander Rodchenko appear alongside lesser-known gems, and diverse notions of modernism enrich classic interpretations, so that the beautiful fictions and messy realities of photography are complicated, refreshed and, above all, enjoyed. Clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.