{"product_id":"american-geography-sandra-s-phillips-9781942185796","title":"American Geography: Photographs of Land Use from 1840 to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrawing from the vast photography collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Geography\u003c\/i\u003e charts a visual history of land use in the United States \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the earliest photographic records of human habitation to the latest aerial and digital pictures, from almost uninhabited desert and isolated mountainous territories to suburban sprawl and densely populated cities, this compilation offers an increasingly nuanced perspective on the American landscape. Divided by region, these photographs address ways in which different histories and traditions of land use have given rise to different cultural transitions: from the Midwestern prairies and agricultural traditions of the South, to the riverine systems in the Northeast, and the environmental challenges and riches of the far West. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Geography\u003c\/i\u003e also looks at the evidence of older habitation from the adobe dwellings and ancient cultures of the Southwest to the Midwestern mounds, many of them prehistoric. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSFMOMA's last photography exhibition to consider land use, \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), examined only the American West. At the time, this focus offered a different way to think about landscape, and a useful way to reconsider pictures of the region. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Geography\u003c\/i\u003e expands upon the groundwork laid by \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e, providing a complex, thought-provoking survey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhotographers include\u003c\/b\u003e: Carleton E. Watkins, Barbara Bosworth, Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Mitch Epstein, An-My Lê, William Eggleston, Alec Soth, Mishka Henner, Trevor Paglen, Victoria Sambunaris, Emmet Gowin, Robert Adams, Terry Evans, Dorothea Lange and Mark Ruwedel, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandra S. Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942185790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942185796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Radius Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.80h x 9.50w x 1.60d","brand":"Sandra S. Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49148152676607,"sku":"9781942185796","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-geography-sandra-s-phillips-9781942185796","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}