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Photography and Abolition in the Age of Pictures

Photography and Abolition in the Age of Pictures

Watson, April M.
Stauffer, John
Rayl, Marijana

Hardcover

American Art - African American & BlackGeneral Photography

Publisher Price: $65.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date May 11, 2027

ISBN10: 0300303416
ISBN13: 9780300303414
Publisher: Nelson Atkins
Published: May 11 2027
Pages: 248
Language: English

How photography was used by abolitionists to promote the antislavery cause

As the abolitionist movement gained momentum during the 1830s, photography emerged as a radical new form of pictorial representation. This book explores the ways that photography and the abolitionist movement coalesced between the 1830s and the 1860s in the struggle for social justice. The notion that photography recorded a subject truthfully, coupled with its relative affordability and accessibility, made it particularly appealing for abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Sumner, and Sojourner Truth, who used the medium to self-promote, fundraise, expand their community, and advance the antislavery cause itself. In addition to nineteenth-century photographs, this book features works by contemporary artists that look back to this period, including Dawoud Bey, Isaac Julien, Lorna Simpson, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems.

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