TY - BOOK ID - 85581907 TI - Paul Strand : master of modern photography AU - Strand, Paul AU - Barberie, Peter AU - Bock, Amanda N. AU - Gainsburg, Samantha AU - Matsumoto, Takaaki AU - Philadelphia Museum of Art AU - FundacioĢn Mapfre AU - Fotomuseum Winterthur AU - Victoria and Albert museum PY - 2014 SN - 9780300207927 0300207921 9780876332603 0876332602 PB - New Haven, CT Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Photography, Artistic KW - Photography KW - Documentary photography KW - Photography, Documentary KW - History KW - Strand, Paul, KW - Exhibitions KW - Photography, Artistic. KW - Portrait photography KW - Strand, Paul UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85581907 AB - Through his amazing variety of innovative images, photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976) played a crucial role in establishing the medium's significance as a modern art form. Celebrating the recent acquisition of the core print collection of the Paul Strand Archive by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this stunning book comprehensively reassesses the artist's career in light of current scholarship and critical debates about his work. Featuring more than 250 plates, the catalogue includes many of Strand's iconic early photos such as 'Wall Street' and 'Blind Woman' alongside lesser-known master prints from all phases of his career. Discussing the artist's prolific career, from his emergence in Alfred Stieglitz's circle in New York in the early part of the century to his years spent working abroad in Mexico, France, Italy and Africa, Peter Barberie positions Strand as a remarkably independent modernist whose priorities shifted at several points and were often counter to prevailing trends. Amanda N. Bock focuses on the years 1930-50, when Strand thoroughly explored the role of politics in modern art and relentlessly sought to identify the greater purposes of photography and filmmaking. The edited transcript from a roundtable discussion among key scholars touches upon many aspects of Strand's various projects from the 1930s to the 1960s. ER -