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Peter Sekaer (1901-50) emerged as an artist in the company of Ben Shahn, Berenice Abbott, and Walker Evans. This book intends to show how he stepped from their benign shadows to build his own distinctive style. It is the first monograph to show the full range of his accomplishments. Sekaer's early work combines dispassionate images with others that show his concern and intuitive grasp of the human condition. Many of his most memorable photographs were made while fulfilling mundane assignments for various government agencies. Sekaer had none of the reformer's passion found in the works of Jacob Riis or Lewis Hine. His stance was more that of the artist/anthropologist, who delighted in recording the artifacts and gestures that defined American society in the 1930s.
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- PublisherSteidl
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 3869301201
- ISBN 13 9783869301204
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages198
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Signs of Life: Photographs by Peter Sekaer
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Cloth with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 200 pag - Photobook - The Danish documentary photographer Peter Sekaer was one of the key contributors to U.S. government photographic projects during the Great Depression. Sekaer photographed alongside Walker Evans in the American South during the Farm Security Administration years, and photographs by the two are sometimes indistinguishable. But Sekaer, who was a painter and who made a living as a sign painter, was an accomplished and prolific photographer who combined a strong sense of advocacy with a highly attuned graphic eye. Seller Inventory # 032871
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