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A Distanced Land: The Photographs of John Pfahl
Real seller with inventory on hand. Oversize Paperback. University of New Mexico Press in Association with Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1990. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover. 11"w x 8 7/8"h. 206 pages. First retrospective of photographer John Pfahl's work published on occasion of traveling exhibition premiering at Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo 1990, featuring one hundred color plates documenting nine photographic series including Altered Landscapes, Picture Windows, Power Places, Arcadia Revisited, Waterfalls and Smoke, examining contemporary American landscape through innovative approaches to color photography, scale, perspective and relationship between natural and industrial environments, with essay by Estelle Jussim and introduction by Cheryl Brutvan, chronology, bibliography and exhibition history.
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First published November 1, 1990
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Estelle Jussim
21 booksEstelle Jussim is an American teacher and writer. Her work deals with the history and criticism of photography and communication theory and the psychology of popular arts. Among other activities, she serves as a consultant to photographic archives.
Estelle Jussim was born on March 18, 1927 in New York City. She was the daughter of Boris and Manya (Glusker) Jussim.
Jussim studied at Queens College in New York, receiving a BA in 1947, and at Columbia University in New York, where she earned an MS in 1963 and a PhD in 1970. She also earned Doctor of Philosophy in Linköping (Sweden) University in 1990.
In 1972 Jussim assumed her position as professor of visual communication at Simmons College in Boston. From 1969 to 1972 she was assistant professor of communications media at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1965-66 she held the position of executive assistant to the director of educational resources for the Borough of Manhattan; before that she was employed by the Columbia University libraries from 1963 to 1965. She worked as a freelance graphic designer in New York City during 1948-1960. She was on International advisory board of History of Photography in London since 1980.
She died on March 1, 2004 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States.
Estelle Jussim was born on March 18, 1927 in New York City. She was the daughter of Boris and Manya (Glusker) Jussim.
Jussim studied at Queens College in New York, receiving a BA in 1947, and at Columbia University in New York, where she earned an MS in 1963 and a PhD in 1970. She also earned Doctor of Philosophy in Linköping (Sweden) University in 1990.
In 1972 Jussim assumed her position as professor of visual communication at Simmons College in Boston. From 1969 to 1972 she was assistant professor of communications media at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1965-66 she held the position of executive assistant to the director of educational resources for the Borough of Manhattan; before that she was employed by the Columbia University libraries from 1963 to 1965. She worked as a freelance graphic designer in New York City during 1948-1960. She was on International advisory board of History of Photography in London since 1980.
She died on March 1, 2004 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States.
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