Book Description
From the street photographs of the 1950s and 1960s to the postmodern imagery of the 1980s, from photography that addressed identity politics in the early 1990s to the new imaging technologies of the last decade, photography has been at the forefront of artistic innovation in America. As this volume demonstrates, its capacity for personal expression, for telling stories, and for documenting facts, makes it a medium of eloquence, relevance, and lasting power. The Whitney Museum of American Art, which possesses the single most comprehensive collection of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art, has in recent years concentrated on expanding its photography collection. Representing the work of more than forty artists, this volume of over 160 photographs highlights the Whitney's collection and provides photographic visions made by artists living and working in the United States from 1940 to 2000. Accompanying a major exhibition at the Whitney, this catalogue offers portraits, landscapes, streetscapes, and genre subjects from both emerging and well-known photographers, including Diane Arbus, Harry Callahan, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz, Cindy Sherman, Joel Sternfeld, Brett Weston, and Garry Winogrand.

About the Author
Sylvia Wolf is Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney Museum, New York. Previously she was Associate Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her publications include The Space Between: The Art of Michal Rovner, Kenneth Josephson: A Retrospective, Julia Margaret Cameron's Women, and Dieter Appelt. Andy Grundberg is a writer, curator, and teacher. He is the author of Crisis of the Real, and is the recipient of the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography. He lives in Washington, D.C.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Whitney Museum of American Art, which possesses the most comprehensive collection of twentieth and twenty-first century American art, has in recent years concentrated on expanding its photography holdings. Drawn from the Whitney's permanent collection, Visions from America offers portraits, landscapes, street-scapes, and genre subjects from both emerging and well-known photographers, including Diane Arbus, Harry Callahan, Larry Clark, Chuck Close, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, William Klein, Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerwitz, Shirin Neshat, Cindy Sherman, Joel Sternfeld, and Garry Winogrand.

SYNOPSIS

From the street photographs of the 1950s and 1960s to the postmodern imagery of the 1980s, from photography that addressed identity politics in the early 1990s to the new imaging technologies of the last decade, photography has been at the forefront of artistic innovation in America. As this volume demonstrates, its capacity for personal expression, for telling stories, and for documenting facts, makes it a medium of eloquence, relevance, and lasting power.

The Whitney Museum of American Art, which possesses the single most comprehensive collection of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art, has in recent years concentrated on expanding its photography collection. Representing the work of more than forty artists, this volume of over 160 photographs highlights the Whitney's collection and provides photographic visions made by artists living and working in the United States from 1940 to 2000. Accompanying a major exhibition at the Whitney, this catalogue offers portraits, landscapes, streetscapes, and genre subjects from both emerging and well-known photographers, including Diane Arbus, Harry Callahan, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Nana Golding, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz, Cindy Sherman, Joel Sternfeld, Brett Weston, and Garry Winogrand.

About the Author

Sylvia Wolf is Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney Museum, New York. Previously she was Associate Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her publications include The Space Between: The Art Michal Rovner, Kenneth Josephson: A Retrospective, Julia Margaret Cameron's Women, and Dieter Appelt.