The book presents ninety pairs of Gardner's and Charlton's photographs. In all of Charlton's photos he duplicates the exact location and time of day of the Gardner originals. Sherow uses the paired images to show how Indian and Anglo-American land-use practices affected the landscape. As the Union Pacific claimed, the railroad created an American empire in the region, and Charlton's rephotography captures the transformation of the grasslands, harnessed by the powerful social and economic forces of the railroad.
The book presents ninety pairs of Gardner's and Charlton's photographs. In all of Charlton's photos he duplicates the exact location and time of day of the Gardner originals. Sherow uses the paired images to show how Indian and Anglo-American land-use practices affected the landscape. As the Union Pacific claimed, the railroad created an American empire in the region, and Charlton's rephotography captures the transformation of the grasslands, harnessed by the powerful social and economic forces of the railroad.
Railroad Empire across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey
224Railroad Empire across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey
224Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780826355096 |
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Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
Publication date: | 09/15/2014 |
Pages: | 224 |
Product dimensions: | 10.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.80(d) |