Politics Unseen
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"Politics Unseen" by Ellen Macfarlane is a history book focused on Photography Basics. Best for general readers, students, and topic-focused learners.
In Politics Unseen, Ellen Macfarlane radically reframes the "pure photographs" of California art photography society Group f.64, known for depicting Western landscapes, fruits and vegetables, flowers, and faces. By foregrounding f.64 members' and their prints' alliances across commercial, political, and artistic domains, the book shatters entrenched understandings of the group as disinterested in contemporary events and unseats conceptions of its prints as icons of modernist purity. Instead, Politics Unseen argues the politics of f.64's photographs become visible when interwar ideas about "purity" in the areas of eugenics, racial essence, nutrition, colonialism, and horticulture are interrogated. Ultimately, Politics Unseen alters perceptions not only of f.64, but also of what constituted a political image in 1930s America.
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"Politics Unseen" by Ellen Macfarlane is a history book focused on Photography Basics. Best for general readers, students, and topic-focused learners.
Topic: Photography Basics
Author: Ellen Macfarlane
Who this is for:
- Students
- Educators
- Interested readers
Why this book matters: It gives readers useful context, background, and perspective on the subject through a focused and accessible presentation.
In Politics Unseen, Ellen Macfarlane radically reframes the "pure photographs" of California art photography society Group f.64, known for depicting Western landscapes, fruits and vegetables, flowers, and faces. By foregrounding f.64 members' and their prints' alliances across commercial, political, and artistic domains, the book shatters entrenched understandings of the group as disinterested in contemporary events and unseats conceptions of its prints as icons of modernist purity. Instead, Politics Unseen argues the politics of f.64's photographs become visible when interwar ideas about "purity" in the areas of eugenics, racial essence, nutrition, colonialism, and horticulture are interrogated. Ultimately, Politics Unseen alters perceptions not only of f.64, but also of what constituted a political image in 1930s America.
| Author | Ellen Macfarlane |
| Publisher | Univ of California Press |
| Published | 2025 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780520399754 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Pages | 275 |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Art |
| Topic | Photography Basics |
Format: Hardcover
Length: 275 pages
Language: English
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