Between 2009 and 2013, as the nation contemplated the historic election of Barack Obama and endured the effects of the Great Recession, Matthew Frye Jacobson set out with a camera to explore and document what was discernible to the ""historian's eye"" during this tumultuous period. Having collected several thousand images, Jacobson began to reflect on their raw, informal immediacy alongside the recognition that they comprised an archive of a moment with unquestionable historical significance. This book presents 100 images alongside Jacobson's recollections of their moments of creation and his understanding of how they link past, present, and future.
The images reveal diverse expressions of civic engagement that are emblematic of the aspirations, expectations, promises, and failures of this period in American history. Myriad closed businesses and abandoned storefronts stand as public monuments to widespread distress; omnipresent, expectant Obama iconography articulates a wish for new national narratives; flamboyant street theater and wry signage bespeak a common impulse to talk back to power. Framed by an introductory essay, these images reflect the sober grace of a time that seems perilous, but in which ""hope"" has not ceased to hold meaning.
| ISBN: | 9781469649665 |
| Publication date: | 13th May 2019 |
| Author: | Matthew Frye Jacobson, Duke University |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 175 pages |
| Series: | Documentary Arts and Culture |
| Genres: |
General and world history Photography: subject-specific techniques and principles Photography and photographs |
Between 2009 and 2013, as the nation contemplated the historic election of Barack Obama and endured the effects of the Great Recession, Matthew Frye Jacobson set out with a camera to explore and document what was discernible to the ""historian's eye"" during this tumultuous period. Having collected several thousand images, Jacobson began to reflect on their raw, informal immediacy alongside the recognition that they comprised an archive of a moment with unquestionable historical significance.
The Historian's Eye features in the following genres: General and world history, Photography: subject-specific techniques and principles, Photography and photographs
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The Historian's Eye was written by Matthew Frye Jacobson, Duke University and published by The University of North Carolina Press
The Historian's Eye has 175 pages
Yes it is part of Documentary Arts and Culture series