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Title: Arthur Tress
Condition: New
Subtitle: Rambles, Dreams, and Shadows
Author: James A. Ganz, .
Contributor: James A. Ganz (Edited by), Mazie M. Harris (Contributions by), Paul Martineau (Contributions by)
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 160606861X
EAN: 9781606068618
ISBN: 9781606068618
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Genre: Arts & Photography
Release Date: 21/11/2023
Description: Arthur Tress (b. 1940) is a singular figure in the landscape of postwar American photography. His seminal series, The Dream Collector, depicts Tress's interests in dreams, nightmares, fantasies, and the unconscious and established him as one of the foremost proponents of magical realism at a time when few others were doing staged photography.This volume presents the first critical look at Tress's early career, contextualizing the highly imaginative, fantastic work he became known for while also examining his other interrelated series: Appalachia: People and Places,; Open Space in the Inner City,; Shadow,;and Theater of the Mind. James A. Ganz, Mazie M. Harris, and Paul Martineau plumb Tress's work and archives, studying ephemera, personal correspondence, unpublished notes, diaries, contact sheets, and more to uncover how he went from earning his living as a social documentarian in Appalachia to producing surreal work of "imaginative fiction." This abundantly illustrated volume imparts a fuller understanding of Tress's career and the New York photographic scene of the 1960s and 1970s.“Along with several others of his cohort, Arthur Tress spearheaded the resurgence of the directorial mode in the 1970s, as well as his generation's engagement with previously taboo subject matter. With his unique blend of documentary and surrealist approaches, he has made a major contribution to his medium.”—A. D. Coleman, photography critic and historian
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 279mm
Item Length: 241mm
Type: Photographers
Release Year: 2023

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