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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Consuelo Kanaga

Consuelo Kanaga

Sawyer, Drew
Parker, Shalon
MacFarlane, Ellen

Hardcover

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Publisher Price: $65.00

ISBN10: 0500028362
ISBN13: 9780500028360
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: Oct 1 2024
Pages: 280
Weight: 3.65
Height: 1.30 Width: 9.70 Depth: 11.40
Language: English

Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1978) was one of the pioneers of modern American photography. Beginning her career in 1915 as a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle, Kanaga quickly became a highly skilled darkroom technician, developing a distinctly artistic aesthetic style inspired by the photography of Alfred Stieglitz. Over the next six decades, she produced beautifully composed images over a wide range of subjects, characterized by an abiding interest in the social conflicts of her time, including urban poverty, workers' rights, racial segregation, and prevailing inequality. She became especially known for her emotional and introspective portraits of African Americans, which combined modernist formal technique and radical documentary commentary.

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