“Papierne Gespenster Amerikas”

Das US-amerikanische Fotobuch im Diskurs des 20. Jahrhunderts bei Susan Sontag und Henri Cartier-Bresson

By (author) Burkhard Krüger

Book cover: “Papierne Gespenster Amerikas”

Extent: 337 pages

Publisher: Brill | Fink

Subjects: American Studies, Art & Art History

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(November 2021)

ISBN: 9783770565542

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $188.00

In stock

The national myth of “America” manifests itself significantly through photography, shaping our ideas of America as an “image-world”. This book explores the photobooks and texts of French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and US-american critic Susan Sontag, analyzing their intertwined relationship to something we call “American Photography”.

  • By (author) Burkhard Krüger