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Author Jacobson, Matthew Frye, 1958- author, photographer.

Title The historian's eye : photography, history, and the American present / Matthew Frye Jacobson
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ; [Durham] : in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations
Series Documentary arts and culture
Documentary arts and culture.
Contents Barack Obama, the icon -- At the crossroads of hope and despair -- Space available -- American studies road trip -- I want my country back -- Reflections
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 27, 2019)
Subject Obama, Barack.
SUBJECT Obama, Barack
Obama, Barack fast
Subject Documentary photography -- United States
Street photography -- United States
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century.
Documentary photography
Street photography
SUBJECT United States -- History -- 21st century -- Pictorial works
United States -- History -- 21st century
Subject United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
illustrated books.
History
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Form Electronic book
Author Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies, publisher
ISBN 9781469649672
1469649675
9781469649689
1469649683