The Railroad Photography of Jack Delano

Tony Reevy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

204 Seiten

2015
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-01777-2 (ISBN)

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Born in the Ukraine, photographer Jack Delano moved to the United States in 1923. After graduating from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1937, Delano worked for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Office of War Information (OWI) as a photographer. Best known for his work for the Office of War Information during 1940–1943, Jack Delano captured the face of American railroading in a series of stunning photographs. His images, especially his portraits of railroad workers, are a vibrant and telling portrait of industrial life during one of the most important periods in American history. This remarkable collection features Delano's photographs of railroad operations and workers taken for the OWI in the winter of 1942/43 and during a cross-country journey on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, plus an extensive selection of his groundbreaking color images. The introduction provides the most complete summary of Delano's life published to date. Both railroad and photography enthusiasts will treasure this worthy tribute to one of the great photographers of the thirties and forties.

Tony Reevy is Senior Associate Director of the Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of O. Winston Link: Life Along the Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad.

Foreword by Pablo Delano
Preface: A Re-Made Man
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Real Respect for the Thing in Front of Him
1. Portfolio One: The Farm Security Administration Photos, 1940-1942
2. Portfolio Two: OWI: Chicago
3. Portfolio Three: OWI: Across the Continent on the Santa Fe
4. Portfolio Four: FSA/OWI: The American Railroad in Color, 1940-1943
Appendix: Notes on the Plate Captions and on the Plates
Appendix: Roy Stryker's FSA/OWI Shooting Scripts Concerning American Railroads
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Reihe/Serie	Railroads Past and Present
Vorwort	Pablo Delano
Zusatzinfo	140 Illustrations, black and white; 33 Halftones, color; 3 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	279 x 254 mm
Gewicht	803 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
ISBN-10	0-253-01777-7 / 0253017777
ISBN-13	978-0-253-01777-2 / 9780253017772
Zustand	Neuware