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Evelyn Barker

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5 teosta 30 jäsentä 3 arvostelua

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Evelyn Barker is a librarian at the University of Texas at Arlington and the former curator of library and archive collections at the Dallas Historical Society.

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This coffee table book features the photographs of Polly Smith, the sole photographer providing promotional photographs of the state of Texas for the centennial celebration in 1936. Through a confluence of personal connections and talent, Smith, a newly trained photographer in her late 20s living in Austin, was put under contract with the centennial committee to travel across the state of Texas fulfilling shots needed for the huge amount of publicity material going out to convince people to come to Fair Park in Dallas for the big exposition. Smith was under a tight 8 month deadline, but she came through, showing a flair for artistic composition and an untiring drive to bring in the needed shots. The book is nicely published with a series of essays at the beginning giving some history of the centennial, Smith and her family, and Texas during the 1930s. The bulk of the book is devoted to Smith's photographs and captions. The photography is interesting and nicely done, although frequently straightforward as you might expect for promotional shots. Smith's story and her work for the centennial exposition are so fascinating that I wish they had gotten more space in the book and that the pictures illustrating that section had been given a little more room on the page. Still, this is an enjoyable look at Texas in the 1930s and an intriguing and independent Texas artist.… (lisätietoja)
 
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kristykay22 | 1 muu arvostelu | Aug 19, 2018 |
Aficionados of women's history, the history of photography and Texas history will relish this profusely illustrated book about this early Texas photographer.
 
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ChrisConway | 1 muu arvostelu | Dec 17, 2011 |
Evelyn Barker and Lea Worcester's Images of America Arlington (Texas) book is an excellent introduction to the history of a city that most people only associate with ugly strip malls, Cowboys Stadium and Rangers Ballpark. It is well written and PROFUSELY illustrated.This book makes a great gift for that person in your life who lives in Arlington, TX!
 
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ChrisConway | Dec 17, 2011 |

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