San Antonio College Library

Examines the creation of the photographs included in "In the American West," an exhibition held at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Sept. 4-Nov. 17, 1985. A publication of the same name was produced in conjunction with the exhibition.

"Here are more than a hundred duotone portraits of our major novelists, poets, and playwrights. Paired with the photographs are texts from each writer on writing - thoughts on the craft, recollections of significant moments from their personal history, meditations on the civic importance of writing, and so forth." "Some of the photographs in this treasure trove are already well known - Bellow, Mailer, Cheever, Wolfe, Singer, and Capote, to name a...

"This collection photographs tells the story of portrait photography through the eyes and words of five accomplished National Geographic photographers. It showcases images never before seen alongside award winning favorites. New and fascinating text reveals photographers' individual experiences photographing people and their evaluation of NG portraits produced during each decade, from the late 19th century until today. The book opens with a beautiful...

"The book reproduces two hundred full-page duotones of Diane Arbus photographs spanning her entire career, many of them never before seen. It also includes an essay, "The Question of Belief," by Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and "In the Darkroom," a discussion of Arbus's printing techniques by Neil Selkirk, the only person authorized to print her photographs since her death. A 104-page...

"By bringing together a provocative selection of essays and images, Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self addresses the issues of nation, race, and selfhood and how they are depicted in ways that are challenging and informative, prompting readers to consider the impact of photography on our everyday lives." "If photographs are chiefly responsible for perpetuating myths of American identity, can a different reading of these representations...

"Examining painting, photographs, and other representations of black people over the past two centuries, Cutting a Figure argues that these images should be viewed as a category of portraiture distinct from depictions of people with other racial and ethnic backgrounds. The difference, Richard J. Powell contends, stems directly from the black subject's power to subvert dominant racist conventions by evincing such traits as self-composure, self-adornment,...